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31.—(1) Section 17(1) (charges for local authority services in England and Wales) is amended as follows.
(2) Omit subsection (2)(a) to (d) and (f).
(3) In subsection (2)(e) omit the words from “other than” to the end.
(4) In subsection (3)(a), after “a service to which this section applies” insert “or a service within subsection (2A)”.
(5) In subsection (5)—
(a)for “This section has” substitute “Subsection (2A), and subsections (3) and (4) so far as they relate to it, have”;
(b)omit “15 or”.
Section 17 was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), Schedule 9, paragraph 25, the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 (c. 16), section 8, and the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act 2003 (c. 5), section 17.