The Children Act 1989 (Consequential Amendment of Enactments) Order 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/1881
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Children Act 1989 (Consequential Amendment of Enactments) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 14th October 1991.

Section 2 Child Benefit Act 1975

Section 3(3)(c) of the Child Benefit Act 1975 (meaning of “person responsible for child”) shall be amended by the insertion after the words “the National Health Service Act 1977” of the words “, the Children Act 1989”.

Section 3 Mental Health Act 1983

Section 26(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (Definition of “relative” and “nearest relative”) shall be amended by the substitution, for the words “his mother”, of the following—

(a) his mother, and

(b) if his father has parental responsibility for him within the meaning of section 3 of the Children Act 1989, his father.

Section 4 Local Government and Housing Act 1989

Section 114(6) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Approval of applications to provide certain facilities for the disabled—meaning of “disabled”) shall be amended by the omission of the word “or” immediately before paragraph (b) and by the insertion after that paragraph of the following:

or

(c) a person to whom section 17(11) of the Children Act 1989 (disabled children) applies.