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  • s. 4(1) words added by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(1)(b)
  • s. 4(1) words added by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(1)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 4(1) words substituted by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(1)(a)
  • s. 4(1) words substituted by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(1)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 4(1A) inserted by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(2)
  • s. 4(1A) inserted by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(2) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 5(1) words added by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(1)(b)
  • s. 5(1) words added by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(1)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 5(1) words substituted by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(1)(a)
  • s. 5(1) words substituted by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(1)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 5(1A) inserted by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(3)
  • s. 5(1A) inserted by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(3) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 6(1) words added by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(1)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 6(1) words substituted by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(1)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 6(1A) inserted by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(3) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 6(2) words added by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(1)(b)
  • s. 6(2) words substituted by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(1)(a)
  • s. 6(2A) inserted by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(3)
  • s. 8(1) words added by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(1)(b)
  • s. 8(1) words added by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(1)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 8(1) words substituted by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(1)(a)
  • s. 8(1) words substituted by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(1)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 8(1A) inserted by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(3)
  • s. 8(1A) inserted by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(4) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 8A(1) words added by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(1)(b)
  • s. 8A(1) words added by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(1)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 8A(1) words substituted by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(1)(a)
  • s. 8A(1) words substituted by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(1)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 8A(1A) inserted by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(3)
  • s. 8A(1A) inserted by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(3) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 9(1) words substituted by 2023 c. 48 s. 2(1)(c)
  • s. 16 repealed by 1995 c. 50 Sch. 7 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. 1995 c. 50 repealed (5.4.2011) by 2010 c. 15, Sch. 27 Pt. 1 (Sch. 27 Pt. 1 was substituted by SI 2010/2279, art. 13, Sch. 2); S.I. 2011/1066, art. 2(h))
  • s. 24 words substituted by 2017 c. 29 Sch. 12 para. 8
  • s. 28(a) words in s. 28 renumbered as s. 28(a) by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(4)
  • s. 28(a) words in s. 28 renumbered as s. 28(a) by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(5) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)
  • s. 28(b) and word added by 1981 c. 23 s. 37(4)
  • s. 28(b) and word added by 1981 c. 43 s. 6(5) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) without ever being in force by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 13)

  1. Introductory Text

  2. Welfare and housing

    1. 1. Information as to need for and existence of welfare services.

    2. 2. Provision of welfare services.

    3. 2A.Welfare services: transition for children to adult care and support

    4. 3. Duties of housing authorities.

  3. Premises open to public

    1. 4. Access to, and facilities at, premises open to the public.

    2. 5. Provision of public sanitary conveniences.

    3. 6. Provision of sanitary conveniences at certain premises open to the public.

    4. 7. Signs at buildings, etc.

  4. University and school buildings

    1. 8. Access to, and facilities at, university and school buildings.

    2. 8A. Access to and facilities at, offices and other premises.

    3. 8B. Reports by Secretary of State on improvement of means of access.

  5. Advisory committees, etc.

    1. 9. Central advisory committee on war pensions.

    2. 10. Housing Advisory Committees.

    3. 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 12. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council.

    5. 13. Youth employment service.

    6. 14. Miscellaneous advisory committees.

    7. 15. Co-option of chronically sick or disabled persons to local authority committees.

    8. 16. Duties of national advisory council under Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944.

  6. Provisions with respect to persons under65

    1. 17. Separation of younger from older patients.

    2. 18. Information as to accommodation of younger with older persons under Part III of National Assistance Act 1948.

    3. 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  7. Miscellaneous provisions

    1. 20. Use of invalid carriages on highways.

    2. 21. Badges for display on motor vehicles used by disabled persons.

    3. 21A.Recognition of badges issued outside Great Britain

    4. 21B.Recognised badges treated as badges under section 21 for certain purposes

    5. 21C.Sections 21A and 21B: regulations and interpretation

    6. 22. Annual report on research and development work.

    7. 23. War pensions appeals.

    8. 24. Institute of hearing research.

    9. 25—27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    10. 28. Power to define certain expressions.

    11. 28A. Application of Act to authorities having functions under the Children Act 1989.

    12. 29. Short title, extent and commencement.

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