Local authority functions
I119Promotion of options for self-directed support
1
A local authority must take steps to promote the availability of the options for self-directed support.
C12
For the purpose of making available to supported persons a wide range of support when choosing options for self-directed support, a local authority must, in so far as is reasonably practicable, promote—
a
a variety of providers of support, and
b
the variety of support provided by it and other providers.
3
In subsection (2), “supported person” has the meaning given by section 4(2).