PART 5 Circumstances in which local authorities are not required to give the opportunity to choose a direct payment

11.—(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.