Regulation 6 Assessment of needs for special guardianship support services

for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1)

The following persons are prescribed for the purposes of section 14F(3) of the Act (persons at whose request an assessment must be carried out)—

(a)

a person falling within section 14F(3)(a) to (c) of the Act;

(b)

a relevant child who is looked after by the local authority or who was looked after by the local authority immediately before the making of the special guardianship order;

(c)

a child of the special guardian or prospective special guardian mentioned in sub-paragraph (d);

(d)

a special guardian or prospective special guardian of a relevant child;

(e)

a parent of a relevant child;

(f)

a related person, provided that before the request for an assessment was made arrangements were in place for contact between the person and the relevant child; and

(g)

a child (other than one falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) above) who is named in a report produced under section 14A(8) of the Act.”; and

omit paragraph (2).