Speech by Ms. Renan Demirkan
The following subsections shall be substituted for subsections (1) and (1A) of section 26 of the National Assistance Act 1948 (arrangements for provision of accommodation in premises maintained by voluntary organisations etc.) in place of those set out in section 42(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990—
In consequence of subsection (1) above the following enactments are hereby repealed, namely— and, in section 42(3) of that Act of 1990, for “At the end of subsection (2) of that section” there shall be substituted “ In section 26 of that Act (arrangements for provision of accommodation in premises maintained by voluntary organisations etc.), at the end of subsection (2) ”.
section 42(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990; and
section 2(5)(a) of the Registered Homes (Amendment) Act 1991;
This Act may be cited as the Community Care (Residential Accommodation) Act 1992.
Section 1 above shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.
An order under subsection (2) above may contain such transitional provisions and savings (whether or not involving the modification of any statutory provision) as appear to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient in connection with the coming into force of section 1.
This Act extends to England and Wales only.
The Secretary of State may provide by order made by statutory instrument that this Act shall apply to the Isles of Scilly with such modifications, if any, as are specified in the order; and, except as provided in pursuance of this subsection, this Act does not apply to the Isles of Scilly.