# The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, Regulation 17: Amendment of the Special Educational Needs (Personal Budgets) Regulations 2014


After regulation 2 (interpretation) insert—
“Relaxation of time period due to coronavirus exception
2A. (1) Where the coronavirus exception applies, the requirement for the local authority to review the making and use of direct payments within the first three months of them being made in regulation 11(2)(a) (monitoring and review of direct payments) is to be read instead as a requirement for such action to be taken as soon as reasonably practicable.
(2) The coronavirus exception applies where it is not reasonably practicable for the local authority to meet the requirement specified in regulation 11(2)(a) for a reason relating to the incidence or transmission of coronavirus.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/471/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-coronavirus-amendment-regulations-2020/regulation-17
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