ANNEX B: EXISTING LEGISLATION ABOUT SOCIAL CARE
393.A key concept in the legislation relating to social care is that of “community care services”. This term is defined in section 46 of the National Health and Community Care Act 1990. Community care services are services which a local authority may provide or arrange under:
	Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948,
	Section 45 of the Health Services and Public Health Act (promotion by local authorities of the welfare of old people),
	Section 21 of and Schedule 8 to the National Health Service Act 1977; and
	Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (after-care).
394.Local Authorities are under given by section 47 of the 1990 Act a duty to assess a person’s needs for community care services.