Section 17ZF — Children Act 1989: Consideration of parent carers' needs assessments

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

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

b whether the disabled child cared for has needs for support;

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

and d if they could be so satisfied, whether or not to provide any such services in relation to the parent carer or the disabled child cared for.