Part I Grants, &c. for renewal of private sector housing
Chapter V Supplementary provisions
Interpretation
100 Disabled persons.
1
For the purposes of this Part a person is disabled if—
a
his sight, hearing or speech is substantially impaired,
b
he has a mental disorder or impairment of any kind, or
c
he is physically substantially disabled by illness, injury, impairment present since birth, or otherwise.
2
A person aged eighteen or over shall be taken for the purposes of this Part to be disabled if—
a
he is registered in pursuance of any arrangements made under section 29(1) of the M1National Assistance Act 1948 (disabled persons’ welfare), or
b
he is a person for whose welfare arrangements have been made under that provision or, in the opinion of the social services authority, might be made under it.
3
A person under the age of eighteen shall be taken for the purposes of this Part to be disabled if—
a
he is registered in a register of disabled children maintained under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the M2Children Act 1989, or
b
he is in the opinion of the social services authority a disabled child as defined for the purposes of Part III of the M3Children Act 1989 (local authority support for children and their families).
4
In this Part the “social services authority” means the council which is the local authority for the purposes of the M4Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 for the area in which the dwelling or building is situated.
5
Nothing in subsection (1) above shall be construed as affecting the persons who are to be regarded as disabled under section 29(1) of the M5National Assistance Act 1948 or section 17(11) of the Children Act 1989 (which define disabled persons for the purposes of the statutory provisions mentioned in subsections (2) to (4) above).