Options for self-directed support
10Provision of information: children under 16
(1)
This section applies where under F1section 7 or 8 a local authority gives an appropriate person an opportunity to choose one of the options for self-directed support.
(2)
The authority must, in so far as practicable and taking account of the maturity of the F2young carer or, as the case may be, child, give the F3young carer or child to whom the support is to be provided an explanation of, and information relating to, the nature and effect of each of the options for self-directed support.
(3)
The authority must give the explanation and information in such manner and form as is appropriate to the needs of the F4young carer or child to whom they are given.
(4)
In this section, “appropriate person” has the same meaningF5—
(a)
in relation to a young carer, as in section 7(7),
(b)
in relation to a child, as in section 8(9).