SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13 Consequential Amendments

The Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (c. 33)

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1

In section 16 of that Act (interpretation) in the definition of “disabled person", in paragraph (a) for the words from “means" to “applies" there shall be substituted

means—

i

in the case of a person aged eighteen or over, a person to whom section 29 of the 1948 Act applies, and

ii

in the case of a person under the age of eighteen, a person who is disabled within the meaning of Part III of the Children Act 1989

2

After the definition of “parent" in that section there shall be inserted—

“parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989.

3

In the definition of “the welfare enactments" in that section, in paragraph (a) after the words “the 1977 Act" there shall be inserted “ and Part III of the Children Act 1989" ”.

4

At the end of that section there shall be added—

2

In this Act any reference to a child who is looked after by a local authority has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989.