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Welfare Reform Bill

Amendment 164 164: Clause 33, page 39, line 11, leave out from "particular," to end of line 22 and insert "impose duties on a relevant authority that is or may be obliged, or has decided, to provide a relevant service to, or to arrange the provision of a relevant service for, a disabled person (P) in prescribed circumstances to do the following— (a) to support P to assess his own needs; (b) to assess the value of any relevant services to which P is entitled; (c) to notify P of the value of these services (his "individual budget") and of his right to choose how his individual budget is managed; (d) to support P to draw up a plan (his "support plan") setting out how he wishes his needs to be met, using his individual budget; (e) to support P to review and revise his support plan; (f) to notify P that he must decide whether he wishes to take his individual budget in the form of— (i) a payment to him (a direct payment); (ii) a payment to any prescribed person for that person to manage on his behalf and in accordance with his support plan; (iii) the provision of services by the relevant authorities which accord with his support plan; or (iv) any combination of sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii); (g) to comply with a decision by P under paragraph (f). ( ) The right of P to receive a direct payment under subsection (2) is subject to any conditions that may be imposed by virtue of regulations made under section 34."