Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/cy/ukpga/2014/23/part/1/crossheading/miscellaneous/enacted
Timestamp: 2019-02-19 14:14:27
Document Index: 331308636

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', 'art 3', 'art 5', 'art 1', 'art 2', 'art 1', 'art.\n79']

73Human Rights Act 1998: provision of regulated care or support etc a public function
(a)in England, a registered care provider provides care and support to an adult or support to a carer, in the course of providing—
(i)personal care in a place where the adult receiving the personal care is living when the personal care is provided, or
(ii)residential accommodation together with nursing or personal care;
(b)in Wales, a person registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 provides care and support to an adult, or support to a carer, in the course of providing—
(c)in Scotland, a person provides advice, guidance or assistance to an adult or support to a carer, in the course of providing a care service which is registered under section 59 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 and which consists of the provision of—
(d)in Northern Ireland, a person registered under Part 3 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 provides advice, guidance or assistance to an adult or services to a carer, in the course of providing—
(ii)residential accommodation together with nursing or personal care.
(2)The provider is to be taken for the purposes of section 6(3)(b) of the Human Rights Act 1998 (acts of public authorities) to be exercising a function of a public nature in providing the care or support, if the requirements of subsection (3) are met.
(a)the care or support is arranged by an authority listed in column 1 of the Table below, or paid for (directly or indirectly, and in whole or in part) by such an authority, and
(b)the authority arranges or pays for the care or support under a provision listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the Table.
Provisions imposing duty or conferring power to meet needs
Local authority in England Sections 2, 18, 19, 20, 38 and 48 of this Act.
Section 50 of this Act.
for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010, as amended from time to time;
for Scotland, has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, as amended from time to time.
75After-care under the Mental Health Act 1983
(1)In section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (after-care), in subsection (2), after “to provide” insert “or arrange for the provision of”.
(2)In subsection (2D) of that section, for the words from “as if” to the end substitute “as if the words “provide or” were omitted.”
(3)In subsection (3) of that section, after “means the local social services authority” insert “—
(c)in any other case”.
“(4)Where there is a dispute about where a person was ordinarily resident for the purposes of subsection (3) above—
(5)The Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers shall make and publish arrangements for determining which of them is to determine a dispute under subsection (4)(c); and the arrangements may, in particular, provide for the dispute to be determined by whichever of them they agree is to do so.”
“(6)In this section, “after-care services”, in relation to a person, means services which have both of the following purposes—
(a)meeting a need arising from or related to the person’s mental disorder; and
(b)reducing the risk of a deterioration of the person’s mental condition (and, accordingly, reducing the risk of the person requiring admission to a hospital again for treatment for mental disorder).”
(6)After section 117 of that Act insert—
“117AAfter-care: preference for particular accommodation
the local social services authority must provide or arrange for the provision of the person’s preferred accommodation.
(3)In subsection (2), “additional cost” means the cost of providing or arranging for the provision of the person’s preferred accommodation less the amount that the local social services authority would expect to be the usual cost of providing or arranging for the provision of accommodation of that kind.
(b)includes power to make different provision for different cases or areas.”
(7)The ways in which a local authority may discharge its duty under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 include by making direct payments; and for that purpose Part 1 of Schedule 4 (which includes modifications of the provisions of this Part relating to direct payments) has effect.
(8)In section 53 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (direct payments: further provision), at the end insert—
“(11)The ways in which a local authority may discharge its duty under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 include by making direct payments; and for that purpose Schedule A1 (which includes modifications of sections 50 and 51 and this section) has effect.”
(9)Before Schedule 1 to that Act insert the Schedule A1 contained in Part 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act.
(10)In section 194 of that Act (ordinary residence), after subsection (4) insert—
“(4A)A person who is being provided with accommodation under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (after-care) is to be treated for the purposes of this Act as ordinarily resident in the area of the local authority, or the local authority in England, on which the duty to provide that person with services under that section is imposed.”
(11)In consequence of subsections (7) to (9), in subsection (2C) of section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983—
(a)in paragraph (a), for “regulations under section 57 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 or” substitute “—
(iii)regulations under”,
(b)in paragraph (b), after “apart from” insert “those sections (as so applied) or”.
(12)In the case of a person who, immediately before the commencement of subsections (3) and (4), is being provided with after-care services under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983, the amendments made by those subsections do not apply while those services are continuing to be provided to that person.
(13)In section 145 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (interpretation), for the definition of “local social services authority” substitute—
““local social services authority” means—
an authority in England which is a local authority for the purposes of Part 1 of the Care Act 2014, or
an authority in Wales which is a local authority for the purposes of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.”
78Guidance, etc.
(1)A local authority must act under the general guidance of the Secretary of State in the exercise of functions given to it by this Part or by regulations under this Part.
(2)Before issuing any guidance for the purposes of subsection (1), the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(3)The Secretary of State must have regard to the general duty of local authorities under section 1(1) (promotion of individual well-being)—
(a)in issuing guidance for the purposes of subsection (1);
(b)in making regulations under this Part.
79Delegation of local authority functions
(1)A local authority may authorise a person to exercise on its behalf a function it has under—
(a)this Part or regulations under this Part (but see subsection (2)), or
(b)section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (after-care services).
(2)The references in subsection (1)(a) to this Part do not include a reference to—
(a)section 3 (promoting integration with health services etc.),
(b)sections 6 and 7 (co-operating),
(c)section 14 (charges),
(d)sections 42 to 47 (safeguarding adults at risk of abuse or neglect), or
(3)An authorisation under this section may authorise an employee of the authorised person to exercise the function to which the authorisation relates; and for that purpose, where the authorised person is a body corporate, “employee” includes a director or officer of the body.
(4)An authorisation under this section may authorise the exercise of the function to which it relates—
(a)either wholly or to the extent specified in the authorisation;
(5)An authorisation under this section—
(a)is for the period specified in the authorisation;
(b)may be revoked by the local authority;
(c)does not prevent the local authority from exercising the function to which the authorisation relates.
(6)Anything done or omitted to be done by or in relation to a person authorised under this section in, or in connection with, the exercise or purported exercise of the function to which the authorisation relates is to be treated for all purposes as done or omitted to be done by or in relation to the local authority.
(a)for the purposes of the terms of any contract between the authorised person and the local authority which relate to the function, or
(b)for the purposes of any criminal proceedings brought in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by the authorised person.
(8)Schedule 15 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (which permits disclosure of information between local authorities and contractors where that is necessary for the exercise of the functions concerned, even if that would otherwise be unlawful) applies to an authorisation under this section as it applies to an authorisation by virtue of an order under section 70(2) of that Act.
(a)amend subsection (2) so as to add to or remove from the list a provision of this Part;
(b)amend subsection (1) so as to add to or remove from the list a provision relating to care and support for adults or support for carers;
(c)impose conditions or other restrictions on the exercise of the power under subsection (1), whether by amending this section or otherwise.
(10)The provision which may be made in an order under subsection (9) in reliance on section 125(8) (supplementary etc. provision in orders under this Act) includes, in particular, provision as to the rights and obligations of local authorities and persons authorised under this section in light of the provision made by the order.
(11)“Function” includes a power to do anything that is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the exercise of a function.