Legislation

Section 20 – Duty and power to meet a carer’s needs for support

Introduction

Access the full text of section 20 of the Care Act. The official explanatory notes to this act describe this section as follows: “This section sets out the core duty of the local authority to meet a carer’s eligible needs for support. This duty replaces the power to provide services to carers in section 2 […]

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