Prescribed descriptions of persons under section 17A(1) of the 1989 Act – children’s services
5. For the purposes of section 17A(1) of the 1989 Act, a person is of a prescribed description if he or she is—
(a)a person who appears to the responsible authority to be capable of managing a direct payment by himself or herself or with such assistance as may be available to him or her; and
(b)not a person to whom Schedule 1 applies.