This section applies where a local authority ... providing services for a person in the exercise, by virtue of section 17ZG, of functions conferred by section 17 are required to carry out a needs assessment in that person's case.
If the EHC plan for the person ceases to be maintained before the local authority reach a conclusion in the person's case, they must continue to comply with section 17 until they do reach a conclusion in his case.
The references to the local authority reaching a conclusion in a person's case are to be read with section 17ZH(7).
In this section, "needs assessment" has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Care Act 2014.