Section 17ZF Consideration of parent carers' needs assessmentsF1
England, Wales and Scotland
A local authority that carry out a parent carer's needs assessment must consider the assessment and decide—
whether the parent carer has needs for support in relation to the care which he or she provides or intends to provide;
whether the disabled child cared for has needs for support;
if paragraph (a) or (b) applies, whether those needs could be satisfied (wholly or partly) by services which the authority may provide under section 17; and
if they could be so satisfied, whether or not to provide any such services in relation to the parent carer or the disabled child cared for.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Ss. 17ZD-17ZF inserted (1.4.2015) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 97(1), 139(6); S.I. 2015/375, art. 2(c)
Notes on Part III
Textual amendments
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Pt. 3 heading substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 57(2)