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

Modification of section 27 (review of support plan)

11.  Section 27 of the Act applies as if—

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

(b) in subsection (3)(a), after “section 10(5) and (6)”, there were inserted “or (in the case of a child’s carer) section 61(1) and (2)”;

(c) in subsection (3)(b)(i), after “carer”, there were inserted “or child’s carer”;

(d) in subsection (3)(b)(ii), at the beginning, there were inserted “in the case of a carer,”;

(e) after subsection (3)(b)(ii), there were inserted—

“(iia) 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”;

(f) in subsection (3)(b)(iii), after “carer”, there were inserted “or child’s carer”;

(g) in subsection (4), after “or a support plan”, there were inserted “in respect of a carer”;

(h) after subsection (4), there were inserted—

“(4A) Where a local authority is satisfied that circumstances have changed in a way that affects a support plan in respect of a child’s carer, the authority must—

(a) to the extent it thinks appropriate, carry out a child’s carer’s assessment and a financial assessment; and

(b) revise the support plan accordingly.”.