SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 12 Minor and Consequential Amendments
Part II Amendments Consequential on Abolition of ILEA
The Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (c. 33)
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Section 7 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (persons discharged from hospital) shall be amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)(c) for the words “or authority” there shall be substituted the words “of that local authority”.
3
In subsection (9) the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of “the appropriate officer or authority”—
“the appropriate officer” of a local authority is such officer discharging functions of that authority in their capacity as a F1local authority, or in Scotland an education authority, as may be appointed by the authority for the purposes of this section;