SOCIAL SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Community Care (Direct Payments) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 2 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996; “the 1983 Act ” means the Mental Health Act 1983 ; and “the 1984 Act ” means the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 . Persons to whom direct payments may be made 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2), a person— a to whom section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 applies, and b who appears to the authority to be capable of managing a direct payment by himself or with assistance, is specified for the purposes of section 1(1)(b) of the Act. 2 Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person— a aged 65 or over unless a payment was made to him under section 1 of the Act in the period of twelve months which ended on the day before his sixty-fifth birthday; b who is required to submit to treatment for his mental condition or for his drug or alcohol dependency by virtue of a requirement of— i a probation order within the meaning of section 2 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 ; or ii a combination order within the meaning of section 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 ; c who is released on licence under section 37 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 subject to a condition that he submit to treatment for his mental condition or for his drug or alcohol dependency; d who is placed under guardianship in pursuance of— i an application made in accordance with section 7 of the 1983 Act; or ii an order made under section 37 of that Act; e who is absent from hospital with leave given in accordance with section 17 of the 1983 Act; f who is subject to after-care under supervision (which expression shall be construed in accordance with section 25A of the 1983 Act ); g in respect of whom there is in force a condition imposed in accordance with section 42(2) or 73(4) (including such a condition which has been varied in accordance with section 73(5) or 75 (3)) of the 1983 Act; h in respect of whom there is in force a supervision and treatment order within the meaning given by Part I of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 ; i who is a patient subject to after-care under a community care order under section 35A of the 1984 Act ; j who is a patient who is absent from hospital on leave under section 27 of the 1984 Act; k who is a patient subject to guardianship under section 37 of the 1984 Act; l who is a restricted patient within the meaning of section 63(1) of the 1984 Act who has been given a conditional discharge under section 64 or 68 of that Act; or m who is subject to an order of a court under sections 57(2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) or 58, or 58 and 59 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 or who is required to submit to treatment for his mental condition or for his drug and alcohol dependency by virtue of a requirement of a probation order in terms of sections 228 to 230 of that Act; or n who is released on licence under section 22 or 26 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 or under section 1 of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 and is subject to a condition that he submits to treatment for his mental condition or for his drug or alcohol dependency. Persons from whom services may not be secured by means of a direct payment 3 The following persons are specified for the purposes of section 1(4) of the Act— a the spouse of the payee; b a person who lives with the payee as his spouse; c a person living in the same household as the payee who is the payee’s— i parent or parent-in-law; ii son or daughter; iii son-in-law or daughter-in-law; iv stepson or stepdaughter; v brother or sister; vi aunt or uncle; or vii grandparent; d the spouse of any person specified in sub-paragraph (c) who lives in the same household as the payee; and e a person who lives with any person specified in sub-paragraph (c) as that person’s spouse. Maximum period of residential accommodation which may be secured by means of a direct payment 4 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the power to make a payment under section 1(1) of the Act shall not be exercisable in relation to the provision of residential accommodation for any person in any period of 12 months for a period in excess of four weeks. 2 In calculating the period of four weeks mentioned in paragraph (1) a period in residential accommodation of less than four weeks shall be added to any succeeding period in residential accommodation where the two periods are separated by a period of less than four weeks but not otherwise. Stephen Dorrell Secretary of State for Health 11th March 1997