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The Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (Commencement No.5) (Scotland) Order 1988

S.I. 1988/94 · Made 20 January 1988

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CHRONICALLY SICK AND DISABLED PERSONS

Made 20th January 1988

The Secretary of State for Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 18(2) of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1986 c. 33

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Citation and interpretation
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (Commencement No.5) (Scotland) Order 1988.

(2)

This Order shall apply only to Scotland.

(3)

In this Order “the Act” means the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986.

Day specified for the coming into force of section 13

2Citation and interpretation

Section 13 of the Act shall come into force on 1st February 1988.

Signature

Michael B Forsyth

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

New St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

20th January 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

  • This Order brings into force in Scotland on 1st February 1988 section 13 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986. This section makes provision for the identification of disabled children and young persons receiving special education, the assessment of their needs for social work services and notification of the likely date of their leaving special education to the local authority concerned with the provision of services to them.