Section 117B After-care: exception for provision of nursing careF1
England and Wales
Section 117 does not authorise or require a local social services authority F2..., in or in connection with the provision of services under that section, to provide or arrange for the provision of nursing care by a registered nurse.
In this section “nursing care by a registered nurse” means a service provided by a registered nurse involving—
the provision of care, or
the planning, supervision or delegation of the provision of care,
other than a service which, having regard to its nature and the circumstances in which it is provided, does not need to be provided by a registered nurse.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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S. 117B inserted (1.4.2015) by The Care Act 2014 and Children and Families Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/914), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 28 (with arts. 1(3), 3)
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Words in s. 117B(1) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (No. 413), regs. 2(1), 36
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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For the words "Supreme Court Act 1981" there is substituted (1.10.2009) the words "Senior Courts Act 1981" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)