This section applies for the purposes of section 17ZD.
The references in section 17ZD to providing care include a reference to providing practical or emotional support.
Where a local authority—
are required to carry out a parent carer's needs assessment, and
are required or have decided to carry out some other assessment of the parent carer or of the disabled child cared for,
the local authority may combine the assessments.
The Secretary of State may by regulations make further provision about carrying out a parent carer's needs assessment; the regulations may, in particular—
specify matters to which a local authority is to have regard in carrying out a parent carer's needs assessment;
specify matters which a local authority is to determine in carrying out a parent carer's needs assessment;
make provision about the manner in which a parent carer's needs assessment is to be carried out;
make provision about the form a parent carer's needs assessment is to take.
The Secretary of State may by regulations amend the list in section 17ZD(8)(b) so as to—
add an entry,
remove an entry, or
vary an entry.