19 Power to meet needs for care and support
Care Act 2014 (2014 c 23) | Legislation

19  Power to meet needs for care and support

(1)     A local authority, having carried out a needs assessment and (if required to do so) a financial assessment, may meet an adult's needs for care and support if—

(a)     the adult is ordinarily resident in the authority's area or is present in its area but of no settled residence, and

(b)     the authority is satisfied that it is

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