Section 17ZI — Children Act 1989: Section 17 services: provision after EHC plan no longer maintained

Section 17 services: provision after EHC plan no longer maintained 17ZI 1 This section applies where a local authority ... providing services for a person in the exercise, by virtue of section 17ZG, of functions conferred by section 17 are required to carry out a needs assessment in that person's case.

2 If the EHC plan for the person ceases to be maintained before the local authority reach a conclusion in the person's case, they must continue to comply with section 17 until they do reach a conclusion in his case.

3 The references to the local authority reaching a conclusion in a person's case are to be read with section 17ZH(7).

4 In this section, “ needs assessment ” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Care Act 2014.