Regulation 11 Modification of section 27 (review of support plan)

Section 27 of the Act applies as if—

(a)

in subsection (1)(b), after “carer”, there were inserted “or child’s carer”;

(b)

in subsection (3)(a), after “section 10(5) and (6)”, there were inserted “or (in the case of a child’s carer) section 61(1) and (2)”;

(c)

in subsection (3)(b)(i), after “carer”, there were inserted “or child’s carer”;

(d)

in subsection (3)(b)(ii), at the beginning, there were inserted “in the case of a carer,”;

(e)

after subsection (3)(b)(ii), there were inserted—

“(iia)
in the case of a child’s carer, the child the child’s carer cares for, if the child’s carer asks the authority to do so, and”;

(f)

in subsection (3)(b)(iii), after “carer”, there were inserted “or child’s carer”;

(g)

in subsection (4), after “or a support plan”, there were inserted “in respect of a carer”;

(h)

after subsection (4), there were inserted—

“(4A)
Where a local authority is satisfied that circumstances have changed in a way that affects a support plan in respect of a child’s carer, the authority must—

(a)
to the extent it thinks appropriate, carry out a child’s carer’s assessment and a financial assessment; and

(b)
revise the support plan accordingly.”.