The Care Act 2014 and Children and Families Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 No. 914

SCHEDULE Amendments in consequence of provisions of the Care Act 2014 and the Children and Families Act 2014

Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (c. 33)

39.—(1) Section 4 (services under section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970: duty to consider needs of disabled persons) is amended as follows.

(2) The existing words become subsection (1).

(3) In that subsection, after “2(1)” insert “or (4)”.

(4) After that subsection insert—

“(2) In the case of a local authority in England this section applies only if the disabled person is aged under 18.”