The Community Care (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000

The Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 amended the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (“the 1968 Act”) to insert new sections 12B and 12C and to make consequential amendment to section 13, with the effect of enabling local authorities responsible for providing (or arranging the provision of) community care services, to make direct payments to persons in respect of their securing the provision of such services.