The Children Act 1989E+W+S
118(1)The M1Children Act 1989 shall be amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)In section 19 (review of provision for day care, child minding etc.), in subsection (7)(a), for “health authority” substitute “ Health Authority, Special Health Authority ”.
(3)In section 21 (provision of accommodation for children in police protection or detention or on remand etc.), in subsection (3), for “District Health Authority” substitute “ Health Authority ”.
(4)In section 24 (advice and assistance for certain children), in—
(a)subsection (2)(d), and
(b)subsection (12)(b),
for “health authority” substitute “ Health Authority, Special Health Authority ”.
(5)In section 27 (co-operation between authorities), in subsection (3)(d), for “health authority” substitute “ Health Authority, Special Health Authority ”.
(6)In section 29 (recoupment of cost of providing services etc.), in subsection (8)(c), for “District Health Authority” substitute “ Health Authority ”.
(7)In section 47 (local authority’s duty to investigate), in subsection (11)(d), for “health authority” substitute “ Health Authority, Special Health Authority ”.
(8)In section 80 (inspection of children’s homes by persons authorised by Secretary of State)—
(a)in subsection (1)(d), for “health authority” substitute “ Health Authority, Special Health Authority ”, and
(b)in subsection (5)(e), for “health authority” substitute “ Health Authority, Special Health Authority, ”.
(9)In section 85 (children accommodated by health authorities and local education authorities), in subsection (1), for “health authority” substitute “ Health Authority, Special Health Authority, ”.
(10)In section 105 (interpretation), in subsection (1)—
(a)omit the definition of “district health authority”,
(b)for the definition of “health authority” substitute—
““Health Authority” means a Health Authority established under section 8 of the M2National Health Service Act 1977;”, and
(c)for the definition of “special health authority” substitute—
““Special Health Authority” means a Special Health Authority established under section 11 of the National Health Service Act 1977;”.