# Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 (repealed) 2000 c. 16 · enacted 20 July 2000 · revised to 6 April 2016 An Act to make provision about the assessment of carers’ needs; to provide for services to help carers; to provide for the making of payments to carers and disabled children aged 16 or 17 in lieu of the provision of services to them; and for connected purposes. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/carers-and-disabled-children-act-2000-repealed/pdf/ukpga_20000016_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Right of carers to assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Services for carers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Vouchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Assessments and services for both carer and person cared for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Direct payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Assessments: persons with parental responsibility for disabled children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6A Duty to inform carers of right to assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Vouchers, and direct payments to disabled children and persons with parental responsibility for them. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Charging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Minor and consequential amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Financial provision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Interpretation and regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Short title, commencement and extent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/16 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/carers-and-disabled-children-act-2000-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.