Legislation

Section 20 – Refusal of a needs assessment for an adult

Introduction

Subsection (1) provides that, in general, the local authority’s duty to assess an adult does not apply if the adult refuses the assessment. However, that general position does not apply in any of the cases set out in subsection (2) which are described as follows by the official explanatory notes to the act: “This provision […]

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