Amendment of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 19862

In section 7 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 19862 (persons discharged from hospital)—

a

in subsection (3), for the words “under the 2006 Act or 1978 Act which the Secretary of State is under a duty to provide”, substitute “mentioned in subsection (3A)”, and

b

after subsection (3), insert—

3A

The services referred to in subsection (3) are—

a

in relation to England, services whose provision must be arranged by a clinical commissioning group3 under section 3 of the 2006 Act, or by the National Health Service Commissioning Board4 by virtue of section 3B of that Act;

b

in relation to Wales, services which must be provided by the Welsh Ministers under the National Health Service (Wales) Act 20065; or

c

in relation to Scotland, services which must be provided by the Scottish Ministers under the 1978 Act6.