Explanatory Notes

Care Act 2014

2014 CHAPTER 23

14 May 2014

Commentary on Sections

Part 1 – Care and Support

Miscellaneous

Schedule 4 – After-care under the Mental Health Act 1983: direct payments

455.Part 1 of Schedule 4 modifies the application of certain direct payments provisions of the Act (sections 31, 32 and 33) to make sure they also apply to services provided or commissioned under section 117 by local authorities in England. Part 2 inserts Schedule A1 (direct payments: after-care under the Mental Health Act 1983) into the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, which modifies the application of certain direct payments provisions of that Act (sections 50, 51 and 53) to apply to services provided or commissioned under section 117 by local authorities in Wales.