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Further provision about standing advisory committees |
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1 | Regulations may make provision with respect to— |
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(b) | the tenure of office, and |
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(c) | the vacation of office, |
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2 | The Welsh Ministers must appoint a secretary to each standing advisory |
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3 | Each standing advisory committee may appoint such sub-committees as it |
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considers appropriate, and as are approved by the Welsh Ministers, to |
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consider and report on questions referred to it by the standing advisory |
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4 | Any such sub-committee may include persons who are not members of the |
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standing advisory committee. |
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5 | Each standing advisory committee must elect one of the members of the |
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committee to be chairman of the committee. |
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6 | Each standing advisory committee has power to regulate its own procedure. |
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7 | The proceedings of a standing advisory committee are not invalidated by |
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any vacancy in the membership of the committee, or by any defect in a |
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member’s appointment or qualification. |
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8 | The Welsh Ministers may make such payments in respect of expenses |
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incurred by a standing advisory committee as they may determine. |
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9 | The Welsh Ministers may pay to the members of a standing advisory |
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committee, or a sub-committee of a standing advisory committee, such |
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travelling and other allowances, including compensation for loss of |
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remunerative time, as they may determine. |
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10 | Payments under this Schedule are subject to such conditions as to records, |
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certificates, or otherwise as the Welsh Ministers may determine. |
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Further provision about advisory committees for Wales |
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1 (1) | Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that a |
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committee formed for Wales is representative of— |
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(a) | any category of persons (other than a category mentioned in section |
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190(2)) who provide services forming part of the health service, or |
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(b) | two or more of any of the categories mentioned in that subsection |
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(2) | Where this sub-paragraph applies and the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that |
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it is in the interests of the health service to recognise the committee, the |
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Welsh Ministers must recognise the committee and specify a name for it. |
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(3) | Where a committee recognised under sub-paragraph (2) appears to the |
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Welsh Ministers to represent categories of persons which include a category |
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mentioned in section 190(2), the Welsh Ministers are not required by virtue |
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of that subsection to recognise a committee representing persons of that |
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2 | The Welsh Ministers may, by notice in writing served on any member of a |
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committee, withdraw their recognition of the committee if they consider it |
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(a) | where the committee is recognised under section 190 or paragraph |
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1(1)(a), with a view to recognising under paragraph 1(1)(b) another |
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committee representing categories of persons which include the |
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category represented by the recognised committee, or |
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(b) | where the committee is recognised under paragraph 1(1)(b), with a |
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view to recognising under section 190 and paragraph 1 other |
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committees which together are representative of the categories in |
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3 | A committee recognised under section 190 or this Schedule must— |
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(a) | advise the Welsh Ministers on the provision by them of services of a |
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kind provided by the categories of persons of whom the committee |
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(b) | perform such other functions as may be prescribed. |
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4 | The Welsh Ministers may defray such expenses incurred by a committee in |
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performing the duty imposed on it by paragraph 3 as the Welsh Ministers |
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consider reasonable, and those expenses may include travelling and other |
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allowances and compensation for loss of remunerative time. |
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Further provision about local social services authorities |
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Care of mothers and young children |
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1 | A local social services authority may, with the approval of the Welsh |
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Ministers, and to such extent as they may direct must, make arrangements |
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for the care of pregnant women and women who are breast feeding (other |
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than for the provision of residential accommodation for them). |
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Prevention, care and after-care |
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2 (1) | A local social services authority may, with the approval of the Welsh |
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Ministers, and to such extent as they may direct must, make the |
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arrangements mentioned in sub-paragraph (2). |
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(2) | The arrangements are for the purpose of the prevention of illness, for the |
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care of persons suffering from illness and for the after-care of persons who |
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have been suffering from illness and in particular for— |
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(a) | the provision, for persons whose care is undertaken with a view to |
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preventing them from becoming ill, persons suffering from illness |
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and persons who have been suffering from illness, of centres or other |
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facilities for training them or keeping them suitably occupied and the |
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equipment and maintenance of such centres, |
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(b) | the provision, for the benefit of such persons as are mentioned in |
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paragraph (a), of ancillary or supplemental services, and |
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(c) | the exercise of the functions of the local social services authority in |
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respect of persons suffering from mental disorder who are received |
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into guardianship under Part 2 or 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983 |
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(c. 20) (whether the guardianship of the authority or of other |
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(3) | A local social services authority may not, and is not under a duty to, make |
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under this paragraph arrangements to provide facilities for any of the |
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purposes mentioned in section 15(1) of the Disabled Persons (Employment) |
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(4) | No arrangements under this paragraph may provide for the payment of |
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money to persons for whose benefit they are made, except in so far as they |
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fall within sub-paragraph (5). |
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(5) | Arrangements fall within this sub-paragraph if— |
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(a) | they provide for the remuneration of such persons engaged in |
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suitable work in accordance with the arrangements of such amounts |
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as the local social services authority considers appropriate in respect |
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of their occasional personal expenses, and |
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(b) | it appears to the authority that no such payment would otherwise be |
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(6) | No arrangements under this paragraph may be given effect to in relation to |
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a person to whom section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 |
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(c. 33) (exclusion from benefits) applies solely— |
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(a) | because he is destitute, or |
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(b) | because of the physical effects, or anticipated physical effects, of |
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(7) | Section 95(2) to (7) of that Act apply for the purposes of sub-paragraph (6); |
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and for that purpose a reference to the Secretary of State in section 95(4) or |
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(5) is a reference to a local social services authority. |
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(8) | The Welsh Ministers may make regulations as to the conduct of premises in |
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which facilities are provided in pursuance of arrangements made under this |
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(a) | who are or have been suffering from mental disorder within the |
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meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983, or |
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(b) | whose care is undertaken with a view to preventing them from |
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becoming sufferers from mental disorder. |
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(9) | “Facilities” means facilities for training such persons or keeping them |
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(10) | This paragraph does not apply in relation to persons under the age of 18. |
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(11) | No authority is authorised or may be required under this paragraph to |
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provide residential accommodation for any person. |
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3 (1) | A local social services authority may conduct or assist other persons in |
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conducting research into matters relating to the functions of local social |
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services authorities under this Schedule. |
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