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6.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a local authority may make direct payments to a person who is either—
(a)the parent of a beneficiary, where the beneficiary has not yet attained the age of 16; or
(b)the beneficiary, where the beneficiary has attained the age of 16.
(2) Direct payments may only be made to a person falling within sub-paragraph (1) if the person—
(a)appears to the local authority to be capable of managing direct payments without assistance or with such assistance as may be available to them;
(b)has attained the age of 16;
(c)has capacity to consent to the making of direct payments to them; and
(d)is not a person described in Part 4.
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