Part II Promotion of Children’s Welfare by Local Authorities and by Children’s Hearings etc.
C1 Chapter 1 Support for Children and Their Families
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
Provision of services
24AF1 Duty of local authority to provide information to carer of disabled child
Where it appears to a local authority both that—
a
a child is a disabled child for whom they must or may provide services under section 22(1) of this Act; and
b
a person (“the carer”) provides, or intends to provide, a substantial amount of care on a regular basis for the child,
the local authority shall notify the carer that he may be entitled under section 24(1) of this Act to request an assessment of his ability to provide, or to continue to provide, care for the child.
Pt. II Ch. 1 (ss. 16-38) modifed (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/3255, reg. 7(1)