
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Community Care (Direct Payments) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st February 2000.
2 
In regulation 2 of the Community Care (Direct Payments) Regulations 1997 (persons to whom direct payments may be made), sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) shall be omitted.
Alan Milburn
Secretary of State for Health
10th January 2000