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(1)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision about the identification of young carers’ personal outcomes and their needs for support, including—
(a)how personal outcomes and needs for support are to be identified,
(b)the process for doing so (including arrangements for the involvement of young carers and cared-for persons),
(c)who may carry out identification,
(d)the sharing of information about young carers and cared-for persons for the purpose of identifying personal outcomes and needs for support,
(e)the factors to be taken into account in identifying young carers’ personal outcomes and needs for support,
(f)the circumstances in which young carers’ personal outcomes and needs for support should be reviewed.
(2)In identifying a young carer’s personal outcomes and needs for support, a responsible authority must, in particular, take into account any impact that having one or more protected characteristic (within the meaning of section 149(7) of the Equality Act 2010) has on the young carer.
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