Regulation 6 Modification of section 17 (assessment of financial resources)

Section 17 of the Act applies as if, after subsection (3), there were inserted—

“(3A)

Where a local authority thinks that, if it were to meet a child’s carer’s needs for support, it would charge the child’s carer under section 14(1) for meeting at least some of the needs, it must assess—

(a)

the level of the child’s carer’s financial resources, and

(b)

the amount (if any) which the child’s carer would be likely to be able to pay towards the cost of meeting the needs for support.”.