9E+WThe Welsh Ministers may provide vehicles (including wheelchairs) for persons appearing to them to be persons who have a physical impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 1 para. 9: Functions made exercisable by Local Health Boards (1.10.2009) by The Local Health Boards (Directed Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1511), reg. 4, Sch.
10(1)Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply in respect of—E+W
(a)a vehicle provided under paragraph 9, and
(b)a vehicle belonging to a person mentioned in that paragraph.
(2)The Welsh Ministers may—
(a)adapt the vehicle to make it suitable for the circumstances of the person in question,
(b)maintain and repair the vehicle,
(c)take out insurance policies relating to the vehicle and pay any duty with which the vehicle is chargeable under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22),
(d)provide a structure in which the vehicle may be kept, and provide all material and execute all works necessary to erect the structure.
(3)The Welsh Ministers may make payments by way of grant towards costs incurred by a person mentioned in paragraph 9 in respect of any matter mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) in relation to the vehicle.
(4)The matters are—
(a)the taking of action referred to in sub-paragraph (2),
(b)the purchase of fuel for the purposes of the vehicle, so far as the cost of the purchase is attributable to duties of excise payable in respect of the fuel, and
(c)the taking of instruction in the driving of the vehicle.
(5)The powers under sub-paragraph (2) and sub-paragraph (3) may be exercised on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Welsh Ministers may determine.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2Sch. 1 para. 10: Functions made exercisable by Local Health Boards (1.10.2009) by The Local Health Boards (Directed Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1511), reg. 4, Sch.
11E+WRegulations may provide for any incidental or supplementary matter for which it appears to the Welsh Ministers necessary or expedient to provide in connection with—
(a)the taking of action under paragraph 10(2), or
(b)the making of any payment under paragraph 10(3).