Carers (Scotland) Act 2016

Carers (Scotland) Act 2016

2016 asp 9

Commentary on Parts

Part 2 – Adult Carer Support Plans and Young Carer Statements

Chapter 2 – Young carer statements

Provision of information about statement

Section 17 - Young carer statement: provision of information to carer etc.

50. This section is equivalent to section 11 in relation to adult carer support plans. Subsections (1) and (2) provide that the responsible authority must provide the information contained in the young carer statement to certain persons. They are—

• the young carer to whom the young carer statement relates, and

• any other person the young carer requests.

51. Subsection (3) provides that subsection (1) will not apply where the responsible authority considers that provision of the information would not be appropriate. As with section 11, the local authority may, for example, consider that it is appropriate to remove sensitive information relating to the young carer or the cared-for person, before providing the young carer statement to someone other than the youngcarer.

52. Subsection (4) requires the information to be provided as soon as practicable after the statement has been prepared, or in the case of a revised statement, after the revised statement is prepared.