# Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013, Section 19: Promotion of options for self-directed support


(1) A local authority must take steps to promote the availability of the options for self-directed support.
(2) For the purpose of making available to supported persons a wide range of support when choosing options for self-directed support, a local authority must, in so far as is reasonably practicable, promote—
(a) a variety of providers of support, and
(b) the variety of support provided by it and other providers.
(3) In subsection (2), “supported person” has the meaning given by section 4(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/1/section/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-care-self-directed-support-scotland-act-2013/section-19
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