Regulation 7 Reviews

(1)

A local authority must review an assessment if it appears to it that there has been a significant change in the person’s circumstances or in their personal outcomes .

(2)

The following persons may request a review of an assessment—

(a)

where the assessment is of an adult’s needs (including the needs of an adult carer)—

(i)

the adult;

(ii)

any person authorised to act on behalf of the adult;

(b)

where the assessment is of a child’s needs (including the needs of a child carer)—

(i)

the child;

(ii)

any person with parental responsibility for the child;

(iii)

any person authorised to act on behalf of the child.

(3)

The local authority must comply with the request if it is satisfied that there has been a significant change in the person’s circumstances or in their personal outcomes.

(4)

The local authority may refuse to comply with the request if it is satisfied that there has not been any significant change in the person’s circumstances or in their personal outcomes since the assessment was completed.