Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000

1. Introduction

2. Summary and Background

3. Commentary on Sections

   1. Section 1 : Right of carers to assessment

   2. Section 2: Services for carers

   3. Section 3: Vouchers

   4. Section 4: Assessments and services for both carer and person cared for

   5. Section 5: Direct payments

   6. Section 6: Assessments: persons with parental responsibility for disabled children

   7. Section 7: Vouchers and direct payments to disabled children and persons with parental responsibility for disabled children

      1. New Section 17A

      2. New Section 17B

   8. Section 8: Charging

   9. Sections 9 to 12.

4. Commencement

5. Details of the Bill’s Passage through Parliament Were as Follows: