Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (c. 53)

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Section 100 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (disabled persons) is amended as follows—

a

in subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

a

the person is registered in a register maintained under section 18(5) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (register of disabled adults and adults with an impairment or who have needs for care and support), or

b

in the opinion of the social services authority, the person falls within a category mentioned in section 18(6) of that Act.

b

after subsection (3)(b) insert—

c

the person is registered as disabled in a register maintained under section 18(4) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, or

d

the person is, in the opinion of the social services authority, disabled as defined for the purposes of section 3 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.

c

for subsection (4) substitute the following—

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In this Part “social services authority” means—

a

in England, the council which is the local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, and

b

in Wales, the council which is the local authority for the purposes of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014,

for the area in which the dwelling or building is situated.

d

in subsection (5)166—

i

omit “section 29(1) of the National Assistance Act 1948 or”;

ii

after “section 17(11) of the Children Act 1989” insert “or section 3 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”.