National Assistance Act 1948

Welfare Services E+W+S

[F1 29 Welfare arrangements for blind, deaf, dumb and crippled persons, etc. E+W

(1) A local authority [F2 may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, and to such extent as he may direct in relation to persons ordinarily resident in the area of the local authority shall] make arrangements for promoting the welfare of persons to whom this section applies, that is to say persons [F3 aged eighteen or over] who are blind, deaf or dumb, [F4 or who suffer from mental disorder of any description] and other persons [F3 aged eighteen or over] who are substantially and permanently handicapped by illness, injury, or congenital deformity or such other disabilities as may be prescribed by the Minister.

(2)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, arrangements may be made thereunder—

(a) for informing persons to whom arrangements under that subsection relate of the services available for them thereunder;

(b) for giving such persons instruction in their own homes or elsewhere in methods of overcoming the effects of their disabilities;

(c) for providing workshops where such persons may be engaged (whether under a contract of service or otherwise) in suitable work, and hostels where persons engaged in the workshops, and other persons to whom arrangements under subsection (1) of this section relate and for whom work or training is being provided in pursuance of the M1 Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1944, [F6 or the M2 Employment and Training Act 1973] may live;

(d) for providing persons to whom arrangements under subsection (1) of this section relate with suitable work (whether under a contract of service or otherwise) in their own homes or elsewhere;

(e) for helping such persons in disposing of the produce of their work;

(f) for providing such persons with recreational facilities in their own homes or elsewhere;

(g) for compiling and maintaining classified registers of the persons to whom arrangements under subsection (1) of this section relate.

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

(6) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall authorise or require—

(a) the payment of money to persons to whom this section applies, other than persons for whom work is provided under arrangements made by virtue of paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of this section or who are engaged in work which they are enabled to perform in consequence of anything done in pursuance of arrangements made under this section; or

(b) the provision of any accommodation or services required to be provided under the [F8 National Health Service Act 1977] or the M3 National Health Service (Scotland) Act, 1947.

(7) A person engaged in work in a workshop provided under paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of this section, or a person in receipt of a superannuation allowance granted on his retirement from engagement in any such workshop, shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to continue to be ordinarily resident in the area in which he was ordinarily resident immediately before he [F9 was accepted for work in that workshop; and for the purposes of this subsection a course of training in such a workshop shall be deemed to be work in that workshop].]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 29 repealed (S.) by Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49), Sch. 9 Pt.

F2 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 195(6), Sch. 23 para. 2(4)

F3 Words in s. 29(1) inserted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(5), Sch. 13 para. 11(2)(with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)

F4 Words inserted by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 (c. 61), Sch. 4

F5 S. 29(2)(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 195(6), Sch. 23 Para. 2(4), Sch. 30

F6 Words inserted by Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50), Sch. 3 para. 3

F7 S. 29(5) repealed by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 30, Sch. 10

F8 Words substituted by National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49, SIF 113:2), s. 129, Sch. 15 para. 6

F9 Words substituted retrospectively by National Assistance (Amendment) Act 1959 (c. 30), s. 1(2)(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 29 saved by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), s. 7

C2 S. 29 amended by Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44), s. 2

C3 S. 29 excluded by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42) s. 2(1), Sch. 1

C4 S. 29 superseded in part by Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1958 (c. 33), s. 3(2)

C5 S. 29(4)(c) amended by Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1958 (c. 33), s. 3(4), Sch. para. 1(1)

C6 S. 29(6) amended by Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1958 (c. 33), s. 3(4), Sch. para. 1(1); modified by Mental Health Act, 1959 (c. 72), s. 8(2)

C7 S. 29(6)(b) amended by Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46), Sch. 3 Pt. I

C8 S. 29(7) amended by Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1958 (c. 33), s. 3(4), Sch. para. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 1944 c. 10.

M2 1973 c. 50.

M3 1947 c. 27.

[F10 30 Voluntary organisations for disabled persons’ welfare. E+W

(1) A local authority may, [F11 in accordance with arrangements made under section 29 of this Act], employ as their agent for the purposes of that section [F12 any voluntary organisation for the time being registered in accordance with this Act being an organisation having for its sole or principal object or among its principal objects the promotion of the welfare of persons to whom the last foregoing section applies][F12 any voluntary organisation or any person carrying on, professionally or by way of trade or business, activities which consist of or include the provision of services for any of the persons to whom section 29 above applies, being an organisation or person appearing to the authority to be capable of providing the service to which the arrangements apply].

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14 ]

Textual Amendments

F10 S. 30 repealed (S.) by Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49), Sch. 9 Pt. I

F11 Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 195(6), Sch. 23 para. 2(5)

F12 Words commencing “any voluntary organisation or any person” substituted (1.4.1991) (E.W.) for words commencing “any voluntary organisation for the time being” by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 42(6)

F13 S. 30(2) repealed and superseded by Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46), s. 65(4)(6), Sch. 4

F14 S. 30(3) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 c. 5 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C9 S. 30 amended by Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1958 (c. 33), s. 3(4), Sch. para. 1(1)

C10 S. 30 excluded by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), s. 2(1), Sch. 1

[F15 30A Research. E+W+S

Without prejudice to any powers conferred on them by any other Act,—

(a) the Secretary of State may promote research into any matter relating to the functions of local authorities under this Part of this Act, and, in particular, may participate with or assist other persons in conducting such research; and

(b) a local authority may conduct or assist other persons in conducting research into any matter relating to the functions of local authorities under this Part of this Act.]

Textual Amendments

F15 S.30A inserted by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 29, Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 3

31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16 E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F16 S. 31 repealed (E.W.) by Residential Homes Act 1980 (c. 7), s. 11(5), Sch. 2 and (S.) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 11