Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000

5 Direct payments. E+W

In section 1(1) of the M1 Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 (which provides for the making of payments for securing the provision of services which a person is assessed as needing)—

(a) in paragraph (a), at the end insert “or under section 2(1) of the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 (services for carers) to provide a person with services under that Act,”;

(b) for paragraph (b), substitute—

“(b) in the case of a person—

(i) whose needs the local authority have decided call for the provision of community care services, he is of a description which is specified for the purposes of this subsection by regulations made by the Secretary of State, or

(ii) whom the local authority have decided to provide with services under the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000, he is not of a description so specified by regulations made by the Secretary of State,”;

and

(c) after “his needs call” insert “ or, as the case may be, they have decided to provide (or arrange to provide) ”.

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Commencement Information

I1 S. 5 wholly in force at 1.7.2001; s. 5 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 12(2); s. 5 in force for E. at 1.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/510, art. 2, Sch.; s. 5 in force for W. at 1.7.2001 by S.I. 2001/2196, art. 2, Sch.

Marginal Citations

M1 1996 c. 30.