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Part IIS Promotion of Social Welfare by Local Authorities

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C1Pt. II extended with modifications by Guardianship Act 1973 (c. 29), s. 11(5)

C2Pt. II: power to apply conferred (1.10.2014 for specified purposes, 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), s. 127(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(7) (with Sch. 1 paras. 8, 14); S.I. 2014/2473, art. 2(1)(x); S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(x)(i) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)

C3Pt. II: power to apply conferred (1.10.2014 for specified purposes, 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), s. 127(1), Sch. 1 para. 2(10) (with Sch. 1 paras. 8, 14); S.I. 2014/2473, art. 2(1)(x); S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(x)(i) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)

C4Pt. II excluded (1.4.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), s. 127(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(b) (with Sch. 1 paras. 8, 14); S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(x)(i) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)

C5Pt. II excluded (1.4.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), s. 127(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(3) (with Sch. 1 paras. 8, 14); S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(x)(i) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)

Home helpS

14 Home help and laundry facilities.S

(1)It shall be the duty of every local authority to provide on such scale as is adequate for the needs of their area, or to arrange for the provision on such a scale as is so adequate of, [F1home help][F1domiciliary services] for households where such [F2help is][F2services are] required owing to the presence, or the proposed presence, of a person in need or a person who is an expectant mother or lying-in, and every such authority shall have power to provide or arrange for the provision of laundry facilities for households for which [F3home help is][F3domiciliary services are] being, or can be, provided under this subsection.

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(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(4)On the coming into operation of the provisions of this and the last two foregoing sections, the provisions of sections 13, 44 and 45 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 M1 shall cease to have effect.

Textual Amendments

F1Words “domicilary services” substituted (1.4.1991) for “home help” by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 10(6)(a)

F2Words “services are” substituted (1.4.1991) for “help is” by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 10(6)(b)

F3Words “domiciliary services are” substituted (1.4.1991) for “home help is” by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 10(6)(c)

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C7The text of ss. 2(4), 3(9), 14(4), 27(7), 95(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II paras. 7, 18, Sch. 8 paras. 6, 7(1)(3), 8–16, 32–34, 37–43, 60, 68, 73, Sch. 9 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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