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Carers (Scotland) Act 2016

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 73 Cited in Amendments 43 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionScotland
Citation2016 asp 9
Year2016
(1) In this Act “carer” means an individual who provides or intends to provide care for another individual (the “cared-for person”) .in the case of a cared-for person under 18 years old, to the extent that the care is or would be provided by virtue of the person's age, orunder or by virtue of a contract, oras voluntary work.provide that “contract” in subsection (2) (b) (i) does or, as the case may be, does not include agreements of a kind specified in the regulations,permit a relevant authority to disregard subsection (2) (b) where the authority considers that the relationship between the carer and the cared-for person is such that it would be appropriate to do so.(4) In this Part “relevant authority” means a responsible local authority or a responsible authority (see section 41(1) ) .(a) is under 18 years old, or(b) has attained the age of 18 years while a pupil at a school, and has since attaining that age remained a pupil at that or another school.
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    • (1) In this Act “personal outcomes”, in relation to carers, includes outcomes which would, if achieved, enable carers to provide or continue to provide care for cared-for persons.which outcomes may be personal outcomes,the matters to which a relevant authority is to have regard in considering which outcomes may be personal outcomes.(1) In this Act “identified personal outcomes”, in relation to a carer, means the personal outcomes which are identified as relevant to the carer.(2) In this Act “identified needs”, in relation to a carer, means the needs for support (if any) which are identified in order to meet the carer's identified personal outcomes.(3) In this section “identified” means identified by virtue of section 8 or 14.

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