Exemption for persons for whom local authorities already accept responsibility4.

Section 26A(1) of the 1948 Act and section 86A(1) of the 1968 Act shall not apply to any person who on 31st March 1993 was ordinarily resident in accommodation which was provided in accordance with arrangements made by a local authority under–

(a)

Part III of the 1948 Act;

(b)

section 21 of, and paragraph 1 or 2 of Schedule 8 to, the National Health Service Act 19778(care and aftercare);

(c)

the 1968 Act; or

(d)

section 7 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 19849(functions of local authorities).