20 Duty and power to meet a carer's needs for support
Care Act 2014 (2014 c 23) | Legislation

20  Duty and power to meet a carer's needs for support

(1)     A local authority, having made a determination under section 13(1), must meet a carer's needs for support which meet the eligibility criteria if—

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

(b)     in so far as meeting the carer's needs involves the provision of support to the carer, there is no charge under section 14 for meeting the needs or, in so far as there is, condition 1 or 2 is met, and

(c)     in so far as meeting the carer's needs involves the provision of care and support to the adult needing care—

(i)     there is no charge under section 14 for meeting the needs and the adult needing care agrees to the needs being met in that way, or

(ii)     in

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