# The National Health Service (Determination of Districts) Amendment Order 1988, Article 11: Appointment to act on behalf of persons unable to act for themselves


Any appointment made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Family Income Supplements Act 1970, the Social Security Act 1975, the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975, the Child Benefit Act 1975 or the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976, of either of the old authorities or of a person holding a specified office with either of the old authorities to exercise, on behalf of a person unable to act by reason of mental or other incapacity, any right which such person may have under any of those Acts, shall continue to be a valid appointment as if any reference therein to that authority or a person holding the said office were a reference to the new authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/407/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-determination-of-districts-amendment-order-1988/article-11
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