Assessment of needs for special guardianship support services6

In regulation 5 (assessment of needs for special guardianship support services)—

a

for paragraph (1) substitute—

1

The following persons are prescribed for the purposes of section 14F(3) of the Act (persons at whose request an assessment must be carried out)—

a

a person falling within section 14F(3)(a) to (c) of the Act;

b

a relevant child who is looked after by the local authority or who was looked after by the local authority immediately before the making of the special guardianship order;

c

a child of the special guardian or prospective special guardian mentioned in sub-paragraph (d);

d

a special guardian or prospective special guardian of a relevant child;

e

a parent of a relevant child;

f

a related person, provided that before the request for an assessment was made arrangements were in place for contact between the person and the relevant child; and

g

a child (other than one falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) above) who is named in a report produced under section 14A(8) of the Act.

b

omit paragraph (2).