Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (c. 33)
41.—(1) Section 16(1) (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(2) In the definition of “disabled person”, before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za)in relation to England, means—
(i)in the case of a person aged 18 or over, a person who has a disability within the meaning of section 6 of the Equality Act 2010;
(ii)in the case of a person aged under 18, a person who is disabled within the meaning of Part 3 of the Children Act 1989;”.
(3) In paragraph (a) of that definition, omit “England and”.
(4) In the definition of “the welfare enactments”, before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za)in relation to England, Part 3 of the Children Act 1989 and Part 1 of the Care Act 2014,”.
(5) In paragraph (a) of that definition, omit “England and” and “Schedule 20 to the 2006 Act and”.
Section 16 was amended by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), Schedule 4, paragraph 39.