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6Duty to prepare adult carer support planS
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(1)In this Act an “adult carer support plan” means a plan prepared by a responsible local authority setting out—
(a)an adult carer's identified personal outcomes,
(b)an adult carer's identified needs (if any), and
(c)the support (if any) to be provided by the responsible local authority to an adult carer to meet those needs.
(2)If a responsible local authority identifies a person as an adult carer, the responsible local authority must offer the person an adult carer support plan.
(3)The responsible local authority must prepare an adult carer support plan in relation to a person if—
(a)the person accepts an offer under subsection (2), or
(b)subsection (4) applies.
(4)This subsection applies if a person who appears to the responsible local authority to be an adult carer requests an adult carer support plan.
(5)A responsible local authority must exercise its functions under this section in a manner which encourages equal opportunities and in particular the observance of the equal opportunity requirements (within the meaning of Section L2 of Part 2 of schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998).
(6)For the purposes of this Chapter the “responsible local authority”, in relation to an adult carer, means the local authority for the area in which the cared-for person resides.
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