Regulation 4 Exemption for persons for whom local authorities already accept responsibility
Section 26A(1) of the 1948 Act and section 86A(1) of the 1968 Act shall not apply to any person who on 31st March 1993 was ordinarily resident in accommodation which was provided in accordance with arrangements made by a local authority under–
Part III of the 1948 Act;
section 21 of, and paragraph 1 or 2 of Schedule 8 to, the National Health Service Act 1977f1(care and aftercare);
the 1968 Act; or
section 7 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984f2(functions of local authorities).
Annotations
Footnotes
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1977 c. 49; section 21(1)(a) was amended by section 108(7) of, and Schedule 15 to, the Children Act 1989 (c. 41); paragraph 1(2) and 2(5) of Schedule 8 were amended by section 30 of, and Schedule 10 to, the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41); paragraph 2(1) and (3) of Schedule 8 were amended by section 148 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20); and paragraph 1(1) and 2(2) of Schedule 8 were amended, and paragraph 2(4A) of Schedule 8 was inserted, by section 108(4) and (7) of, and paragraph 34 of Schedule 12 and Schedule 15 to, the Children Act 1989.
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