The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2011

Review

17.—(1) A responsible authority must review the making of direct payments under section 57(1A) of the 2001 Act—

(a) at least once within the first year of the direct payments being made;

(b) at appropriate intervals, not exceeding twelve months, thereafter;

(c) where the responsible authority reasonably considers, on the basis of information given by S or by any other person, that P no longer falls within section 57(5A) of the 2001 Act; and

(d) whenever notified by any person of concerns that—

(i) the direct payment may not have been used to secure the provision for P of the services for which the payment was made, or

(ii) may mean that the responsible authority would no longer be satisfied of the matters listed in regulation 9(5)(b) or (c).

(2) A responsible authority must review the making of direct payments under section 57(1) of the 2001 Act where the responsible authority reasonably considers, on the basis of information given by any person, that P falls within section 57(5A) of that Act.