Paragraph 18

(1)

The Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 2 (rights of authorised representatives of disabled persons)–

(a)

in subsection (5)(a)^f2, after “the 1977 Act” there is inserted “, by a Primary Care Trust established under that Act”;

(b)

in subsection (9), in the definition of “health authority”, in paragraph (a)^f3, for “or a Special Health Authority” there is substituted “ , a Special Health Authority or a Primary Care Trust”.

(3)

In section 7 (persons discharged from hospital), in subsection (9), in the definition of “the managers”^f4–

(a)

in paragraph (a)(i), after “trust” there is inserted “or a Primary Care Trust”

(b)

after paragraph (b) there is inserted the following paragraph–

“(bb)

in relation to a hospital vested in a Primary Care Trust, means that trust;”.

(4)

In section 16 (interpretation), in subsection (1)^f5, after the definition of “parental responsibility”^f6 there is inserted the following definition–

““Primary Care Trust” means a Primary Care Trust established under section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977;”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1986 c. 33.
f2: Section 2(5)(a) was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 30(1)(a).
f3: The definition of “health authority” was amended by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 111(2).
f4: The definition of “the managers” was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 30(2) and the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 111(3)(b)(ii).
f5: Section 16(2) was inserted by the Children Act 1989 (c. 41), Schedule 13, paragraph 61(3).
f6: The definition of “parental responsibility” was inserted by the Children Act 1989 (c. 41), Schedule 13, paragraph 61(2).