53 Direct payments: further provision

53  Direct payments: further provision

(1)     Regulations under section 50, 51 or 52 may also make provision about the following matters (among other matters)—

(a)     the manner in which the amounts of the direct payments are to be determined;

(b)     the making of direct payments as gross payments or alternatively as net payments;

(c)     the determination of—

(i)     the financial resources of specified persons, and

(ii)     the amount (if any) that it would be reasonably practicable for those persons to pay by way of reimbursement (in the case of gross payments) or contribution (in the case of net payments);

(d)     matters to which a local authority may or must have regard when making a decision of a specified type about direct payments;

(e)     conditions which a local authority may or must attach, and conditions which it must not attach, in relation to direct payments;

(f)     steps which a local authority may or must take before, or after, making a decision of a specified type about direct payments;

(g)     support which a local authority must provide or arrange for persons to whom it makes direct payments;

(h)     cases or circumstances in which a local authority may act as an agent

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