SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Mental Health Act 1959 (c.72)

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In section 50 of the said Act of 1959—

a

for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

a

section 10 of the Child Care Act 1980 (which relates to the powers and duties of local authorities with respect to persons committed to their care under the Children and Young Persons Act 1969);

b

for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

c

section 3 of the Child Care Act 1980 (which relates to the assumption by a local authority of parental rights and duties in relation to a child in their care);

c

for the words " subsection (2) of the said section 3 " there shall be substituted the words " subsection (1) of the said section 3 ".