PART 4

MEETING NEEDS

Direct payments

Direct payments: after-care under the Mental Health Act 1983
53A
The ways in which a local authority may discharge its duty under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 include by making direct payments, and for that purpose Schedule A1 has effect.
S. 53A inserted (1.1.2026 for specified purposes) by Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 1), ss. 20(2)(c), 29(2); S.I. 2025/1257, art. 3(1)(d)(iii)