Part 1Adoption
Chapter 1The adoption service
Adoption support services
12Power to provide payment to person entitled to adoption support service
1
Subsection (2) applies where a local authority—
a
has, in respect of a person, an obligation to provide, or secure the provision of, an adoption support service under this Part, or
b
has a power so to provide and determines it should provide.
2
Subject to subsection (4), the authority may, after having regard to the matters mentioned in subsection (3), provide the person with a payment instead of the service.
3
Those matters are—
a
the person’s eligibility for assistance from any other body,
b
where the person is so eligible, the availability to the person of that assistance at the time when the service might have been provided to the person by the authority,
c
the ability of the authority to provide, or secure the provision of, the service, and
d
the person’s need for the service.
4
A payment under subsection (2) may be made subject to such conditions (including conditions as to repayment) as the authority considers reasonable.
5
In imposing conditions under subsection (4), the authority must have regard to the person’s eligibility for assistance from any other body.