PART 5Circumstances in which local authorities are not required to give the opportunity to choose a direct payment
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1
A local authority is not required under section 5, 7 or 8 of the Act to give a person the opportunity to choose Option 1 and, so far as relating to that option, Option 4 in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2).
2
The circumstances are that—
a
a local authority has previously terminated a direct payment made to the person under regulation 6(1)(b), (c) or (d); or
b
the making of a direct payment is likely to put the safety of the person to whom the support is to be provided at risk.