SCHEDULEAmendments in consequence of provisions of the Care Act 2014 and the Children and Families Act 2014

National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19)

51.—(1) Section 47 (assessment of needs for community care services) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) for “of community care services” substitute “of services under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (in the case of a local authority in England) or of community care services (in the case of a local authority in Wales)”.

(3) In subsection (2) after “disabled person,” insert “(and, in the case of a local authority in England, that he is under 18)”.

(4) In subsection (5) for “community care services” substitute “services mentioned in subsection (1)”.

(5) In subsection (6) omit “community care”.