52 Sections 48 to 51: supplementary

52  Sections 48 to 51: supplementary

(1)     An authority becomes subject to the duty under section 48(2), 50(3) or 51(3) as soon as it becomes aware of the business failure.

(2)     Section 8 (how to meet needs) applies to meeting needs under section 48(2) as it applies to meeting needs under section 18.

(3)     Section 34 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (how to meet needs) applies to meeting needs under section 50(3) as it applies to meeting needs under section 35 of that Act.

(4)     In deciding how to meet an adult's needs for care and support under section 48(2), 50(3) or 51(3), an authority must involve—

(a)     the adult,

(b)     any carer that the adult has, and

(c)     any person whom the adult asks the authority to involve or, where the adult lacks capacity to ask the authority to do that, any person who appears to the authority to be interested in the adult's welfare.

(5)     In deciding how to meet a carer's needs for support under section 48(2), 50(3) or 51(3), an authority must involve—

(a)     the carer, and

(b)

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