# The Personal Social Services (Direct Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Regulation 2: Persons to whom direct payments may be made

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) a person—
(a) to whom section 1(1) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 applies, and
(b) who appears to the Department to be capable of managing a direct payment by himself or with assistance,
is hereby prescribed for the purposes of Article 15A(1)(b) of the Order.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person:—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) who is required to submit to treatment for his mental condition or for his drug or alcohol dependency by virtue of a requirement of—
(i) a probation order within the meaning of section 1 of the Probation Act (Northern Ireland) 1950; or
(ii) a combination order within the meaning of Article 15 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;
(c) who is placed under guardianship in pursuance of—
(i) an application made in accordance with Article 18 of the 1986 Order; or
(ii) an order made under Article 44 of that Order;
(d) who is absent from hospital with leave given in accordance with Article 15 of the 1986 Order;
(e) in respect of whom there is in force a condition imposed in accordance with Article 48(2) or 78(4) (including such a condition which has been varied in accordance with Article 78(5) or 80(3)) of the 1986 Order; or
(f) in respect of whom there is in force a supervision and treatment order within the meaning given by Part I of Schedule 2A to the 1986 Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/131/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/personal-social-services-direct-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-2
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