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—
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the person is registered in a register maintained under section 77(1) or (3) of the Care Act 2014 (registers of sight-impaired adults, disabled adults, etc.),
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in the opinion of the social services authority, the person falls within a category mentioned in section 77(4) of that Act (persons for whom register may be maintained),
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the person is registered in a register maintained under section 18(5) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (register of disabled adults and adults with an impairment or who have needs for care and support), or
b
in the opinion of the social services authority, the person falls within a category mentioned in section 18(6) of that Act.
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 M1Children 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 M2Children Act 1989 (local authority support for children and their families).
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the person is registered as disabled in a register maintained under section 18(4) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, or
d
the person is, in the opinion of the social services authority, disabled as defined for the purposes of section 3 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.
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In this Part “social services authority” means—
a
in England, the council which is the local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, and
b
in Wales, the council which is the local authority for the purposes of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014,
for the area in which the dwelling or building is situated.
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Nothing in subsection (1) above shall be construed as affecting the persons who are to be regarded as F1having a disability for the purposes of section 77 of the Care Act 2014 or as disabled under F4... section 17(11) of the Children Act 1989 F5or section 3 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014F2....