The Preserved Rights (Transfer of Responsibilities to Local Authorities) Regulations 2001

Persons with preserved rights where local authorities' responsibilities do not apply

2.—(1) For the purposes of section 50(8), no part of sections 50(3) to (7) (local authorities' responsibilities in preserved rights cases) applies to a person specified for the purposes of this regulation in paragraph (2) below.

(2) A person specified for the purposes of this regulation is a person who in respect of the day immediately before the appointed day—

(a) is not entitled to income support under section 124(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), or is so entitled but does not have a preserved right for the purposes of regulation 19 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(2); or

(b) is being provided with after-care services in accordance with the requirement in section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (3).

(1)

1992 c. 4.

(2)

S.I. 1987/1967. Regulation 19 is amended by S.I. 1988/663, 1445 and 2022, S.I. 1989/1678, S.I. 1991/1033, S.I. 1992/3147, S.I. 1993/2119, S.I. 1994/527 and 2139, S.I. 1996/206 and 462.

(3)

1983 c. 20.