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(1)This section applies where under section 5, 7 or 8 a local authority gives a person an opportunity to choose one of the options for self-directed support.
(2)The local authority must give effect to the option for self-directed support chosen by the person.
(3)Compliance with the requirement imposed by subsection (2) fulfils any duty imposed on the authority by Part 2 of the 1968 Act or, as the case may be, section 22 of the 1995 Act to provide to the person the support to which the option relates.
(4)Compliance with the requirement imposed by subsection (2) does not affect—
(a)any other function of the local authority in relation to the provision to the person of the support to which the option relates,
(b)the exercise by the local authority of the power in section 12(1) of the 1968 Act to make available assistance in cash to or in respect of the person in relation to the support to which the option relates.
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