SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Approved mental health professionals: further amendments to 1983 Act
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Section 10 (transfer of guardianship) is amended as follows.
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In subsection (3), for “approved social worker” substitute “
approved mental health professional acting on behalf of the local social services authority
”
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After subsection (4) insert—
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In this section “the local social services authority”, in relation to a person (other than a local social services authority) who is the guardian of a patient, means the local social services authority for the area in which that person resides (or resided immediately before his death).