Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1986 c. 33 |
| Year | 1986 |
(1) In this Act “authorised representative”, in relation to a disabled person, means a person for the time being appointed by or on behalf of that disabled person (in accordance with regulations made under this section) to act as his authorised representative for the purposes of this Act.for the manner in which the appointment of a person as an authorised representative is to be made; andfor any such appointment to be notified to the relevant local authority (as defined in the regulations) if made otherwise than by that authoritythe parent of a disabled person under the age of sixteen, orany other person who is not a parent of his but who has parental responsibility for him any person who has parental responsibilities in relation to a disabled person under the age of sixteen (“parental responsibilities” having the meaning given by section 1(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) ; orany other person who is entitled to act as the disabled person’s legal representative (as defined in section 15(5) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) ,may provide for the appointment of a person as the authorised representative of a disabled person who is a child F3looked after by a local authority to be made by that authority in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations;may, in accordance with subsection (4) , provide for the appointment of a person as the authorised representative of a disabled person to be made by, or under arrangements made by, a local authority in a case where the disabled person appears to the authority to be unable to appoint a person as his authorised representative by reason of any mental or physical incapacity;may contain such incidental or supplementary provisions as the Secretary of State thinks fit.for requiring a local authority, for the purpose of enabling them to determine whether a disabled person is unable to appoint a person as his authorised representative as mentioned in that paragraph, to obtain the opinion of a registered medical practitioner;themselves to appoint a person as the disabled person’s authorised representative, orto make with any voluntary organisation, person or persons approved by them for the purpose such arrangements as they think fit for such an appointment to be made by the organisation, person or persons concerned;a person or persons appointed by them for the purpose, ora person or persons falling within any class or description specified in the regulations;for requiring a local authority, in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations, to review the case of a disabled person whose authorised representative has been appointed in pursuance of paragraph (b) (whether by the local authority or under any arrangements made by them) for the purpose of determining whether he is still unable to appoint a person as his authorised representative as mentioned in subsection (3) (c) .(5) Subsections (2) to (4) shall apply, with any necessary modifications, in relation to the termination of the appointment of a person as an authorised representative as they apply in relation to the making of such an appointment.the functions of the nearest relative of a disabled person, orthe functions of the guardian of a disabled person received into guardianship under that Part of that Act,to act as the representative of the disabled person in connection with the provision by the authority of any services for him in the exercise of any of their functions under the welfare enactments, orto accompany the disabled person (otherwise than as his representative) to any meeting or interview held by or on behalf of the authority in connection with the provision by them of any such services.supply to the authorised representative any information, andmake available for his inspection any documents,
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