The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2003
These Regulations make provision for the making of direct payments in respect of a person securing the provision of certain social care services. Those services are services which would be provided under the community care enactments mentioned in section 46(3) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, to carers under section 2 of the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 or services under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 (provision of services for children in need, their families and others).