Section 2 Rights of authorised representatives of disabled persons.C1

to act as the representative of the disabled person in connection with the provision by the authority of any services for him in the exercise of any of their functions under the welfare enactments, or

to accompany the disabled person (otherwise than as his representative) to any meeting or interview held by or on behalf of the authority in connection with the provision by them of any such services.

supply to the authorised representative any information, and

make available for his inspection any documents,

if the appointment was made by virtue of subsection (3)(a) of that section, F1for the words “if so requested by the disabled person” there shall be substituted “if so requested by any person mentioned in section 1(3)(a)(i) or (ii)”F2for the words “by the disabled person” there shall be substituted the words “by any person appointed by virtue of regulations made under section 1(3)(a)(i) or (ii) of this Act”; and

if the appointment was made by virtue of subsection (3)(b) or (c) of that section, the words “if so requested by the disabled person” shall be omitted.

to permit an authorised representative to be present at any meeting or interview or part of a meeting or interview, or

to supply any information to an authorised representative or to make any documents available for the inspection of an authorised representative,

in hospital accommodation F3provided pursuant to arrangements made by F4NHS England or F5an integrated care board under the National Health Service Act 2006 or provided by F6the Welsh Ministers under section 3(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, by F7the Secretary of State under section 2A or 2B of the National Health Service Act 2006, F8... by a National Health Service Trust established under that Act or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 F9or by an NHS foundation trust or, in Scotland, in hospital accommodation (other than accommodation at a State hospital) provided by the Secretary of State under section 36(1)(a) of the 1978 Act F10or by a National Health Service trust established under that Act, or

in hospital accommodation in respect of the provision of which direct payments are made under section 12A(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006, or

in hospital accommodation in Wales or in England in respect of the provision of which direct payments are made under section 10B(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, or

in accommodation provided by a local authority under F13Part 1 of the Care Act 2014 or Part 4 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 or Schedule 8 to the 1977 Act or, in Scotland, under Part IV of the 1968 Act or F14section 25 of the 2003 Act, or

in accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority under Part III of the Children Act 1989 F16, or under Part 6 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, or

in Scotland, in accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority under Chapter 1 of Part II of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, or

in accommodation provided by a voluntary organisation in accordance with arrangements made by a local authority under F18Part 1 of the Care Act 2014 or, in Wales, in compliance with a local authority’s duty to meet the needs of the disabled person pursuant to Part 4 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 or, in Scotland, provided by a voluntary organisation or other persons in accordance with arrangements made by a local authority under section 59(2)(c) of the 1968 Act, or

in accommodation provided by a voluntary organisation in accordance with arrangements made by a local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 F20, or under Part 4 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, or

F21in England, in F22a care home within the meaning of the M1Care Standards Act 2000 or, in Scotland, in F23provided by a care home service within the meaning of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8), or

in Wales, in premises at which a care home service within the meaning of Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2) is provided wholly or mainly to persons aged 18 or over, or

in accommodation provided by any educational establishment.

at any place specified by a person having the guardianship of the disabled person under Part II of the 1983 Act or F26Parts 5, 6 and 7 of the 2003 Act,

the provision of services F27, or the arrangement for the provision of services, by health authorities in the exercise of such of their functions under F28the 2006 Act or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or the 1978 Act as may be prescribed by the order, or

the provision of services by local authorities in the exercise of such of their functions as may be so prescribed.