ervice. ASR 21 therefore provides that where any requirement under the ASR in relation to an assessment, preparing a plan or giving notice would delay provision in a case of urgency that requirement does not apply. The local authority will need to review provision as soon as possible after support has been provided, in accordance with the procedures set out above. Notices: ASR 22 9.69. Notices must be in writing. The notice to the child can be sent to their adoptive parent or to another appropriate adult where the local authority considers the child is too young to be served or that it is otherwise not appropriate. Recovery of expenses: ASR 23 9.70. The local authority that assesses need and decides that services should be provided is responsible for funding any resulting social services provision. In arrangements where a placing authority is responsible for assessment but the adoptive family lives out of the area, the placing authority will need to think carefully about the best way of delivering support. In some cases, this could mean arranging for a service or services to be provided by the local authority in whose area the family now live with that local authority having the option of recovering costs in accordance with ASR 23. 9.71. Under section 4(10) and 4(11) of the Act, a local authority responsible for assessing and providing support services may request another local authority’s help where this is appropriate, and the second local authority is required to comply with the request as long as this is consistent with the exercise of their functions. ASR 23 provides that where a local authority (‘the paying authority’) has requested the help of another local authority (‘the recovering authority’) under section 4(10) of the Act, and the recovering authority complie