The Care and Support (Independent Advocacy Support) ( No. 2) Regulations 2014

Section 67 of the Care Act 2014 (“the Act”) imposes a duty on local authorities to arrange for an independent advocate to be available to represent and support certain persons for the purpose of facilitating those persons’ involvement in the exercise of functions by local authorities. The persons in question are those whom the local authority considers would otherwise experience significant difficulty in doing certain things such as understanding information. These Regulations make provision in connection with the making of such arrangements.