# Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013, Section 10: Provision of information: children under 16

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(1) This section applies where under section 7 or 8 a local authority gives an appropriate person an opportunity to choose one of the options for self-directed support.
(2) The authority must, in so far as practicable and taking account of the maturity of the young carer or, as the case may be, child, give the young carer or child to whom the support is to be provided an explanation of, and information relating to, the nature and effect of each of the options for self-directed support.
(3) The authority must give the explanation and information in such manner and form as is appropriate to the needs of the young carer or child to whom they are given.
(4) In this section, “appropriate person” has the same meaning—
(a) in relation to a young carer, as in section 7(7),
(b) in relation to a child, as in section 8(9).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/1/section/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-care-self-directed-support-scotland-act-2013/section-10
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