Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 9)

PART 2 S ADULT CARER SUPPORT PLANS AND YOUNG CARER STATEMENTS

CHAPTER 2 S YOUNG CARER STATEMENTS

Provision of information about statement S

17 Young carer statement: provision of information to carer etc. S

(1) A responsible authority must provide the persons mentioned in subsection (2) with the information contained in the young carer statement.

(2) Those persons are—

(a) the young carer to whom the young carer statement relates,

(b) any other person the young carer requests.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the extent that the responsible authority considers that provision of the information would not be appropriate.

(4) The information is to be provided as soon as practicable after—

(a) the statement is prepared, or

(b) in the case of a revised statement, the revised statement is prepared.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 17 in force at 1.4.2018 by S.S.I. 2017/152, reg. 4