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12Duty to prepare young carer statement
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(1)In this Act a “young carer statement” means a statement prepared by a responsible authority setting out—
(a)a young carer’s identified personal outcomes,
(b)a young carer’s identified needs (if any), and
(c)the support (if any) to be provided by the responsible local authority to a young carer to meet those needs.
(2)If a responsible authority identifies a person as a young carer, the responsible authority must offer the person a young carer statement.
(3)The responsible authority must prepare a young carer statement in relation to a person if—
(a)the person accepts an offer under subsection (2), or
(b)subsection (4) applies.
(4)This subsection applies if a person who appears to the responsible authority to be a young carer requests a young carer statement.
(5)Subsection (3) applies whether or not the young carer requires a child’s plan in accordance with section 33 of the 2014 Act.
(6)Where the responsible authority, in relation to a young carer, is not the responsible local authority, the responsible authority must not provide the young carer statement to the young carer without the approval of the responsible local authority.
(7)A responsible authority must exercise its functions under this section in a manner which encourages equal opportunities and in particular the observance of the equal opportunity requirements (within the meaning of Section L2 of Part 2 of schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998).
(8)For the purposes of this Chapter—
“responsible authority” has the meaning given by sections 19 and 20,
“responsible local authority” means the local authority for the area in which the cared-for person resides.
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