Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013
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Scotland
10 January 2013
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The Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 gives people a range of options for how their social care is delivered, beyond just direct payments, empowering people to decide how much on-going control and responsibility they want over their own support arrangements.This Act enables local authorities to provide support to certain carers; to make provision about the way in which certain social care services are provided by local authorities; and for connected purposes.
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