Section 17ZC — Children Act 1989: Consideration of young carers' needs assessments

Consideration of young carers' needs assessments 17ZC A local authority that carry out a young carer's needs assessment must consider the assessment and decide—

a whether the young carer has needs for support in relation to the care which he or she provides or intends to provide;

b if so, whether those needs could be satisfied (wholly or partly) by services which the authority may provide under section 17;

and c if they could be so satisfied, whether or not to provide any such services in relation to the young carer.