SCHEDULE 8 Local Social Services Authorities
Prevention, care and after-care
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(1)
A local social services authority may, with the Secretary of State’s approval, and to such extent as he may direct shall, make arrangements for the purpose of the prevention of illness and for the care of persons suffering from illness and for the after-care of persons who have been so suffering and in particular for—
F1(a)
the provision, equipment and maintenance of residential accommodation for the care of persons with a view to preventing them from becoming ill, the care of persons suffering from illness and the after-care of persons who have been so suffering;
(b)
the provision, for persons whose care is undertaken with a view to preventing them from becoming ill, persons suffering from illness, and persons who have been so suffering, of centres or other facilities for training them or keeping them suitably occupied and the equipment and maintenance of such centres;
(c)
the provision, for the benefit of such persons as are mentioned in paragraph (b) above, of ancillary or supplemental services; and
F2(d)
for the exercise of the functions of the authority in respect of persons suffering from mental disorder who are received into guardianship under Part II or III of the M1Mental Health Act 1983 (whether the guardianship of the local social services authority or of other persons).
Such an authority shall neither have the power nor be subject to a duty to make under this paragraph arrangements to provide facilities for any of the purposes mentioned in section 15(1) of the M2Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944.
(2)
No arrangements under this paragraph shall provide for the payment of money to persons for whose benefit they are made except—
(a)
in so far as they may provide for the remuneration of such persons engaged in suitable work in accordance with the arrangements; F3 . . .
of such amounts as the local social services authority think fit in respect of their occasional personal expenses where it appears to that authority that no such payment would otherwise be made.
(3)
The Secretary of State may make regulations as to the conduct of premises in which, in pursuance of arrangements made under this paragraph, are provided for persons whose care is undertaken with a view to preventing them from becoming sufferers from mental disorder within the meaning of F4that Act of 1983 or who are, or have been, so suffering, F5residential accommodation or facilities for training them or keeping them suitably occupied.
F6(4)
Any such regulations may in particular confer on the Secretary of State’s officers so authorised such powers of inspection as may be prescribed by the regulations.
F7F8(4A)
This paragraph does not apply in relation to persons under the age of 18.
F7(4AA)
No authority is authorised or may be required under this paragraph to provide residential accommodation for any person.
(5)
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