8 Provision of after-care services.S
(1)A local authority shall provide after-care services for any persons who are or have been suffering from mental disorder [F1and shall (without prejudice to the foregoing) provide or arrange for the provision of after-care services for any person who is subject to a community care order].
(2)In providing after-care services under subsection (1) of this section a local authority shall co-operate with such health board or boards and such voluntary organisations as appear to the local authority to be concerned.
(3)The duty imposed by this section is without prejudice to any other power or duty which a local authority may have in relation to the provision of after-care services.