SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13 Consequential Amendments

The Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (c. 33)

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Section 2 of that Act (circumstances in which authorised representative has right to visit etc. disabled person) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (3)(a) for the words from second “the" to “by" there shall be substituted “ for the words “if so requested by the disabled person" there shall be substituted “if so requested by any person mentioned in section 1(3)(a)(i) or (ii)">." ”

3

In subsection (5) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—

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in accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority under Part III of the Children Act 1989, or

4

After paragraph (c) of subsection (5) there shall be inserted—

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in accommodation provided by a voluntary organisation in accordance with arrangements made by a local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989, or