Moved by
Earl Howe
115: Clause 65, page 53, line 6, leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
“(2) A local authority may combine a child’s needs assessment or young carer’s assessment with an assessment it is carrying out (whether or not under this Part) in relation to another person only if the consent condition is met in relation to the child to whom the child’s needs or young carer’s assessment relates and—
(a) where the combination would include an assessment relating to another child, the consent condition is met in relation to that other child;
(b) where the combination would include an assessment relating to an adult, the adult agrees.
(3) A local authority may combine a child’s carer’s assessment with an assessment it is carrying out (whether or not under this Part) in relation to another person only if the adult to whom the child’s carer’s assessment relates agrees and—
(a) where the combination would include an assessment relating to another adult, that other adult agrees, and
(b) where the combination would include an assessment relating to a child, the consent condition is met in relation to that child.
(3A) The consent condition is met in relation to a child if—
(a) the child has capacity or is competent to agree to the assessments being combined and does so agree, or
(b) the child lacks capacity or is not competent so to agree but the local authority is satisfied that combining the assessments would be in the child’s best interests.”
116: Clause 65, page 53, line 24, leave out from “in” to “, the” in line 25 and insert “relation to the person to whom the assessment relates or in relation to a relevant person”
117: Clause 65, page 53, line 30, at end insert—
“( ) A person is a “relevant person”, in relation to a child’s needs, child’s carer’s or young carer’s assessment, if it would be reasonable to combine an assessment relating to that person with the child’s needs, child’s carer’s or young carer’s assessment (as mentioned in subsections (2) and (3)).”