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Social care - co-operating in specific cases Duty
- Description
- Where a local authority requests the co-operation of a relevant partner, or of a local authority which is not one of its relevant partners, in the exercise of a function under this Part in the case of an individual with needs for care and support or in the case of a carer, a carer of a child or a young carer, the partner or authority or where a relevant partner of a local authority, or a local authority which is not one of its relevant partners, requests the co-operation of the local authority in its exercise of a function in the case of an individual with needs for care and support or in the case of a carer, a carer of a child or a young carer, the local authority must comply with the request unless it considers that doing so—
(a) would be incompatible with its own duties, or
(b) would otherwise have an adverse effect on the exercise of its functions.
- Modified
- 18 Mar 2024
- Status
- Live
- is found in the following lists
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- requires
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