Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.6

(1) If, on the day of the intended move as mentioned in section 37(1)(b), (2)(b) or (3)(b), the second authority has yet to carry out the assessment or assessments under section 37(6), or has done so but has yet to take the other steps required under this Part in the adult's case, it must--
(a) meet the adult's needs for care and support, and the needs for support of any carer who is continuing as the adult's carer, which the first authority has been meeting, and
(b) where the first authority has been keeping a care account in the adult's case, itself keep that account on the same basis as the first authority has been keeping it.

(2) The second authority is subject to the duty under subsection (1) until it has--
(a) carried out the assessment or assessments under section 37(6), and
(b) taken the other steps required under this Part in the adult's case.