[F117B Vouchers for persons with parental responsibility for disabled children.E+W
(1)The [F2appropriate national authority] may by regulations make provision for the issue by a local authority of vouchers to a person with parental responsibility for a disabled child.
(2)“Voucher” means a document whereby, if the local authority agrees with the person with parental responsibility that it would help him care for the child if the person with parental responsibility had a break from caring, that person may secure the temporary provision of services for the child under section 17.
(3)The regulations may, in particular, provide—
(a)for the value of a voucher to be expressed in terms of money, or of the delivery of a service for a period of time, or both;
(b)for the person who supplies a service against a voucher, or for the arrangement under which it is supplied, to be approved by the local authority;
(c)for a maximum period during which a service (or a service of a prescribed description) can be provided against a voucher.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 17B inserted (30.4.2003 for E. and otherwise prosp.) by 2000 c. 16, ss. 7(1), 12(2); S.I. 2003/1183, art. 2
F2Words in s. 17B(1) substituted (retrospective to 30.4.2003 for E., otherwise prosp.) by Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23), ss. 39, 44(2)(b)(9), Sch. 3 para. 4