# The National Health Service (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2026, Paragraph 2


This Schedule applies to a person who is—
(a) subject to a drug rehabilitation requirement (within the meaning of paragraph 19 of Schedule 9 to the Sentencing Code), imposed by—
(i) a community order (within the meaning of section 200 of the Sentencing Code), or
(ii) a suspended sentence order (within the meaning of section 286 of the Sentencing Code);
(b) subject to an alcohol treatment requirement (within the meaning of paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 to the Sentencing Code), imposed by a community order (within the meaning of section 200 of the Sentencing Code);
(c) released from prison on licence under Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the 2003 Act (release, licences, supervision and recall) and is subject to one or more of the following conditions imposed in accordance with section 250 of the 2003 Act (licence conditions)—
(i) a drug testing requirement under section 64 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000;
(ii) a drug appointment requirement under section 64A of that Act;
(iii) a requirement to participate in, or co-operate with, a programme or set of activities (to address offending behaviour related to drug or alcohol misuse) under article 7 of the Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Licence Conditions) Order 2015;
(d) released from prison on licence under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (“the 1997 Act”) (effect of custodial sentences: life sentences) and is subject to one or more of the following conditions imposed in accordance with section 31(2) of the 1997 Act—
(i) a drug testing requirement;
(ii) an alcohol testing requirement;
(iii) a requirement to participate in, or co-operate with, a programme or set of activities (to address offending behaviour related to drug or alcohol misuse);
(e) required to comply with a drug testing requirement under section 256AB(1)(i) or a drug appointment requirement under section 256AB(1)(j) of the 2003 Act that is specified in a notice given under section 256AA of that Act (supervision after end of sentence of prisoners serving less than 2 years);
(f) subject to a youth rehabilitation order (within the meaning of section 173 of the Sentencing Code) that imposes one or more of the following—
(i) a drug testing requirement in accordance with section 174 of and Part 13 of Schedule 6 to the Sentencing Code;
(ii) a drug treatment requirement in accordance with section 174 of and Part 14 of Schedule 6 to the Sentencing Code;
(iii) an intoxicating substance treatment requirement in accordance with section 174 of and Part 15 of Schedule 6 to the Sentencing Code;
(iv) a programme requirement in accordance with section 174 of and Part 4 of Schedule 6 to the Sentencing Code (to undertake offending behaviour work to address behaviour related to substance abuse);
(g) subject to a community payback order (within the meaning of section 227A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Act) (“the 1995 Act”) that imposes one or more of the following—
(i) a drug treatment requirement in accordance with sections 227A(2)(g) and 227U of the 1995 Act;
(ii) an alcohol treatment requirement in accordance with sections 227(2)(h) and 227V of the 1995 Act;
(iii) a programme requirement in accordance with sections 227(2)(d) and 227P of the 1995 Act (to undertake offending behaviour work to address behaviour relating to substance abuse);
(h) released on licence under Part 1 of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 and are subject to one or more of the following conditions specified in accordance with section 12 of that Act—
(i) an alcohol treatment requirement;
(ii) a drug treatment requirement;
(iii) a programme requirement (to address behaviour related to drug or alcohol abuse in accordance with a behavioural programme).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/104/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-direct-payments-wales-regulations-2026/schedule/paragraph-2
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