Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw4)

[F1 SCHEDULE A1 E+W Direct payments: after-care under the Mental Health Act 1983

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. A1 inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(6), 323

Modifications to section 51 E+W

7 E+W For subsection (1) of section 51 substitute—

“(1) Regulations may require or allow a local authority to make payments to a person in respect of a child to whom section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (after-care) applies that are equivalent to the cost of providing or arranging the provision of after-care services for the child under that section.”

8 E+W In subsection (3)(a) and (b) of that section, for “who has needs for care and support” (in each place it occurs) substitute “ to whom section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 applies ” .

9 E+W In subsection (5)(a) of that section, for “meeting the child's needs” substitute “ discharging its duty towards the child under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 ” . ]