PART 6LOOKED AFTER AND ACCOMMODATED CHILDREN
Leaving care, accommodation and fostering
C1I1109Support for category 2 young people
1
The responsible local authority for a category 2 young person must safeguard and promote that person's well-being and, unless it is satisfied that the person's well-being does not require it, support the person by—
a
maintaining the person,
b
providing the person with, or maintaining the person in, suitable accommodation, and
c
providing support of such other descriptions as may be specified in regulations.
2
Support under subsection (1) may be in kind or in cash.
3
Regulations may make provision about the meaning of “suitable accommodation” and in particular about the suitability of landlords or other providers of accommodation.
4
Section 78(3) applies in relation to any decision by a local authority for the purposes of this section as it applies in relation to the decisions referred to in that section.