40 After-care

40 ڳٱ-

(1)     Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (after-care) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (2)—

(a)     after “duty of the” insert “clinical commissioning group or”,

(b)     omit “Primary Care Trust or” in each place it appears, and

(c)     after “such time as the” insert “clinical commissioning group or”.

(3)     After subsection (2C) insert—

“(2D)     Subsection (2), in its application to the clinical commissioning group, has effect as if for “to provide” there were substituted “to arrange for the provision of”.

(2E)     The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that the duty imposed

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