SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Cross-border placements

Transitory provision

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(1)

Pending the commencement of Part 4 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, this Schedule is to have effect with the modifications set out in this paragraph.

(2)

A reference to that Act in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 is to be read as a reference to Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948.

(3)

In paragraph 2—

(a)

the references in sub-paragraphs (1), (3) and (6) to discharging a duty under section 35 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 by arranging for the provision of accommodation are to be read as references to providing residential accommodation under Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948;

(b)

the references in paragraph (a) of each of those sub-paragraphs to the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 are to be read as references to Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948;

(c)

sub-paragraphs (2), (4) and (7) are to be ignored; and

(d)

in sub-paragraph (10), the references to sub-paragraph (4) and paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (4) are to be ignored.

(4)

In paragraph 9, the reference to sections 50 and 52 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 is to be read as a reference to section 57 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001.

(5)

In paragraph 12, sub-paragraph (3) is to be read as if the following were substituted for it—

“(3)

Accommodation in Wales” means residential accommodation in Wales of a type that may be provided under Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948 but not of a type specified in regulations under this paragraph.”

(6)

In that paragraph, sub-paragraph (7) is to be read as if the following were substituted for it—

“(7)

Local authority in Wales” means a local authority in Wales for the purposes of Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948.”

(7)

This paragraph does not affect the generality of section 124(2).