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