P ART 3 R EFORMS CONNECTED TO DELIVERY AND REGULATION OF CARE Carers 38 Rights to breaks for carers (1) The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 is modified by subsections (2) to (10). (2) After section 8(2) (adult carers: identification of outcomes and needs for support) insert— “(1) A responsible local authority must identify, as a personal outcome that is relevant to an adult carer, the outcome that the adult carer is able to take sufficient breaks from providing care for the cared-for person. (2) Where an adult carer is not able to take sufficient breaks from providing care for the cared-for person, a responsible local authority must identify the need for support to enable the adult carer to take sufficient breaks from providing that care.”. (3) In section 9(1) (content of adult carer support plan)— (a) after paragraph (h) insert— “(ha) if the adult carer’s identified needs include the need for support to enable the adult carer to take sufficient breaks from providing care by virtue of section 8(4), information about the support which the responsible local authority provides or intends to provide to the adult carer to meet that need,”, (b) in paragraph (j), after “criteria” insert “(except in the case of an identified need as mentioned in paragraph (ha))”, (c) paragraph (k) is repealed. draft 2024-06-21 28 National Care Service (Scotland) Bill Part 3—Reforms connected to delivery and regulation of care (4) After section 14(2) (young carers: identification of outcomes and needs for support) insert— “(3) A responsible authority must identify, as a personal outcome that is relevant to a young carer, the outcome that the young carer is able to take sufficient breaks from providing care for the cared-for person. (4) Where a young carer is not able to take sufficient breaks from providing care for the cared-for person, a responsible authority must identify the need for support to enable the young carer to take sufficient breaks from providing that care.”. (5) In section 15(1) (content of young carer statement)— (a) after paragraph (i) insert— “(ia) if the young carer’s identified needs include the need for support to enable the young carer to take sufficient breaks from providing care by virtue of section 14(4), information about the support which the responsible local authority provides or intends to provide to the young carer to meet that need,”, (b) in paragraph (k), after “criteria” insert “(except in the case of an identified need as mentioned in paragraph (ia))”, (c) paragraph (l...