The Care and Support (Children’s Carers) Regulations 2015

Modification of section 25 (support plan)

10.  Section 25 of the Act applies as if—

(a) in subsection (1), after “in the case of a carer”, there were inserted “or child’s carer”;

(b) in subsection (1)(a), after “carer’s assessment”, there were inserted “or child’s carer’s assessment”;

(c) in subsection (1)(b), at the beginning, there were inserted “except in the case of a child’s carer,”;

(d) in subsection (1)(d), after “section 10(5) and (6)”, there were inserted “or (in the case of a child’s carer) section 61(1) and (2)”;

(e) in subsection (4)(a), after “carer”, there were inserted “or child’s carer”;

(f) in subsection (4)(b), at the beginning, there were inserted “in the case of a carer,”;

(g) after subsection (4)(b), there were inserted—

“(ba) in the case of a child’s carer, the child the child’s carer cares for, if the child’s carer asks the authority to do so, and”;

(h) in subsection (4)(c), after “carer”, there were inserted “or child’s carer”;

(i) in subsection (5), after “carer”, there were inserted “or child’s carer”;

(j) in subsection (6)(b), after “section 10(5) and (6)”, there were inserted “or (in the case of a child’s carer) section 61(1) and (2)”;

(k) in subsection (8)(b), after “carer”, there were inserted “or child’s carer” and after “adult needing care”, there were inserted “or child the child’s carer cares for”;

(l) in subsection (10)(a), after “carer”, there were inserted “or child’s carer”;

(m) in subsection (10)(b), at the beginning, there were inserted “in the case of a carer,”;

(n) after subsection (10)(b), there were inserted—

“(ba) in the case of a child’s carer, the child the child’s carer cares for, if the child’s carer asks the authority to do so, and”; and

(o) in subsection (10)(c), after “carer”, there were inserted “or child’s carer”.