The Community Care (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1997
The Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 (“the Act”) is to come into force on 1st April 1997. The Act inserts a new section 12B into the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (“the 1968 Act”) which enables local authorities responsible for the provision of (or arranging the provision of) community care services to make direct payments to persons in respect of their securing the provision of such services.