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The Carers and Disabled Children (Vouchers) (England) Regulations 2003
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- 2003 No. 1216
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These Regulations make provision for local authorities to set up voucher schemes, whereby the carers of disabled adults or the person with parental responsibility for disabled children can have a break from caring, during which the person they care for can be provided with alternative care.
Regulation 3 provides that the value of a voucher may be expressed in terms of either money or the delivery of a service for a specified period of time.
Regulation 4 sets out who may be issued with a voucher.
Regulation 5 sets out conditions for redeeming a voucher.
Regulation 6 allows for the provision, in specified circumstances, of services which are additional to, or more expensive than, the service which can be secured using the voucher.
Regulation 7 specifies the maximum period of residential accommodation which may be secured using a voucher.
These Regulations do not impose costs on business.
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