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Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
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12Amendment of the 1970 Act and the 1968 Act
(1)In section 29 of the 1970 Act in subsection (2) (which extends the Act to Scotland) for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(a)any references to functions under section 29 of the [1948 c. 29.] National Assistance Act 1948 shall be construed as references to duties to—
(i)chronically sick or disabled persons; or
(ii)persons suffering from mental disorder,
(being persons in need) to whom section 12 of the [1968 c. 49.] Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 applies ;”.
(2)In section 2 of the 1968 Act (social work committees and functions referred to them) in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) after the word " Act " there shall be inserted the words " as read with sections 1 and 2(1) of the [1970 c. 44.] Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 and the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 ".
(3)The foregoing provisions of this section extend to Scotland only.
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