Explanatory Notes

Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002

2002 asp 5

12 March 2002

Part 1 – Community Care

Carers

Section 10 – Amendment of the 1995 Act: matters to be taken into account in assessment of needs of child affected by disability

50.Section 10 inserts a new subsection (4) into section 23 of the 1995 Act adding conditions similar to those mentioned at paragraph 45 above, in relation to section 8, into the existing process through which local authorities assess and provide services for children affected by disability.