# The Personal Social Services (Direct Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Regulation 3: Persons from whom services may not be secured by means of a direct payment

Extent: N.I.

The following persons are prescribed for the purposes of Article 15A(2) of the Order—
(a) the spouse of the payee;
(b) a person who lives with the payee as his spouse;
(c) a person living in the same household as the payee who is the payee's—
(i) parent or parent-in-law;
(ii) son or daughter;
(iii) son-in-law or daughter-in-law;
(iv) stepson or stepdaughter;
(v) brother or sister;
(vi) aunt or uncle; or
(vii) grandparent;
(d) the spouse of any person specified in sub-paragraph (c) who lives in the same household as the payee; and
(e) a person who lives with any person specified in sub-paragraph (c) as that person’s spouse.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/131/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/personal-social-services-direct-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-3
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.