Part 2 Provision to be Inserted in Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014

Part 2 Provision to be Inserted in Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014

“SCHEDULE A1
Direct Payments: After-care Under the Mental Health Act 1983

General

1

Sections 50 (direct payments to meet an adult's needs), 51 (direct payments to meet a child's needs) and 53 (direct payments: further provision) apply in relation to section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 but as if the following modifications were made to those sections.

Modifications to section 50

2

For subsection (1) of section 50 substitute—

“(1)     Regulations may require or allow a local authority to make payments to an adult to whom section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (after-care) applies that are equivalent to the cost of providing or arranging for the provision of after-care services for the adult under that section.â€

3

In subsection (3) of that section—

(a)     in paragraph (a), for “who has needs for care and support (“Aâ€)†substitute “in respect

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