(1)The responsible local authority for a category 2 young person must safeguard and promote that person’s well-being and, unless it is satisfied that the person’s well-being does not require it, support the person by—
(a)maintaining the person,
(b)providing the person with, or maintaining the person in, suitable accommodation, and
(c)providing support of such other descriptions as may be specified in regulations.
(2)Support under subsection (1) may be in kind or in cash.
(3)Regulations may make provision about the meaning of “suitable accommodation” and in particular about the suitability of landlords or other providers of accommodation.
(4)Section 78(3) applies in relation to any decision by a local authority for the purposes of this section as it applies in relation to the decisions referred to in that section.