63 Assessment of a young carer's needs for support
Care Act 2014 (2014 c 23) | Legislation

63  Assessment of a young carer's needs for support

(1)     Where it appears to a local authority that a young carer is likely to have needs for support after becoming 18, the authority must, if it is satisfied that it would be of significant benefit to the young carer to do so and if the consent condition is met, assess—

(a)     whether the young carer has needs for support and, if so, what those needs are, and

(b)     whether the young carer is likely to have needs for support after becoming 18 and, if so, what those needs are likely to be.

(2)

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