# Children Act 1989, Section 17ZI: Section 17 services: provision after EHC plan no longer maintained

Extent: E+W+S

(1) This section applies where a local authority ... providing services for a person in the exercise, by virtue of section 17ZG, of functions conferred by section 17 are required to carry out a needs assessment in that person's case.
(2) If the EHC plan for the person ceases to be maintained before the local authority reach a conclusion in the person's case, they must continue to comply with section 17 until they do reach a conclusion in his case.
(3) The references to the local authority reaching a conclusion in a person's case are to be read with section 17ZH(7).
(4) In this section, “needs assessment” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Care Act 2014.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/section/17ZI (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989/section-17ZI
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