SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Further provision about the Secretary of State and services under this Act

Provision of vehicles for disabled persons

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1

An integrated care board may make arrangements for the provision of vehicles (including wheelchairs) for people for whom the board has responsibility and who appear to it to have a physical impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

2

For the purposes of this paragraph an integrated care board has responsibility for—

a

the group of people for whom it has core responsibility (see section 14Z31), and

b

such other people as may be prescribed (whether generally or in relation to a prescribed vehicle).

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1

Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply in respect of—

a

a vehicle provided F1in pursuance of arrangements made under paragraph 9, and

b

a vehicle belonging to a person mentioned in that paragraph.

2

F2The F11integrated care board may make arrangements for —

a

F3the adaptation of the vehicle to make it suitable for the circumstances of the person in question,

b

F4the maintenance and repair of the vehicle,

c

F5the taking out of insurance policies relating to the vehicle and F6the payment of any duty with which the vehicle is chargeable under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22),

d

F7the provision of a structure in which the vehicle may be kept, and F7the provision of all material and F8the execution of all works necessary to erect the structure.

3

F12An integrated care board may make payments by way of grant towards costs incurred by a person mentioned in paragraph 9 in respect of any matter mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) in relation to the vehicle.

4

The matters are—

a

the taking of action referred to in sub-paragraph (2),

b

the purchase of fuel for the purposes of the vehicle, so far as the cost of the purchase is attributable to duties of excise payable in respect of the fuel, and

c

the taking of instruction in the driving of the vehicle.

5

The powers under sub-paragraph (2) and sub-paragraph (3) may be exercised on such terms and subject to such conditions as F9the F13integrated care board may determine.

11

Regulations may provide for any incidental or supplementary matter for which it appears to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient to provide in connection with—

a

the taking of action under paragraph 10(2), or

b

the making of any payment under paragraph 10(3).