# Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, Section 19: Responsible authority: general


(1) For the purposes of this Chapter the “responsible authority”, in relation to a young carer, is—
(a) where the young carer is a pre-school child, the health board for the area in which the child resides,
(b) where the young carer is not a pre-school child, the local authority for the area in which the child resides.
(2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 20.
(3) In this section and section 20 “pre-school child” has the meaning given by section 36(3) of the 2014 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/9/section/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/carers-scotland-act-2016/section-19
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