Local Authority Social Services Act 1970

10 Delegation schemes to be revoked, so far as they relate to social services functions

(1) After the date of the coming into force of this section no delegation scheme shall be made under section 46 of the [1958 c. 55.] Local Government Act 1958 (certain functions of a county council, so far as they relate to a county district for which a delegation scheme under that section is in force, to be exercisable by the council of that district on behalf of the county council) and no steps shall be taken under section 47 of that Act (procedure for bringing a delegation scheme into operation) to bring into operation any scheme which is not in operation on that date.

(2) The council of a county district for which a delegation scheme is in force immediately before the said date shall, within such period as the Secretary of State may direct, make in accordance with section 48(1) of the said Act of 1958 a subsequent scheme varying the delegation scheme by revoking it in so far as it relates to functions which at the time when the scheme is made are social services functions of the county council by virtue of section 2 of this Act.

(3) Subsection (2) above shall not be taken as affecting the power of the council of a county district under the said section 48(1) to revoke a delegation scheme, whether such a delegation scheme as is referred to in subsection (2) above or that scheme as varied in accordance with that subsection.

(4) A direction given under subsection (2) above may prescribe different periods for different counties or for different county districts in a county and may be varied by a subsequent direction so given.

(5) Section 47(3) of the said Act of 1958 (which, as applied by section 48(1) of that Act, specifies the times at which subsequent schemes under section 48(1) may be made), and section 51 of that Act (which enables delegation schemes to be made by certain joint boards), shall cease to have effect.

(6) In section 46(5) of the said Act of 1958 (which provides that the power of a county council, in the exercise of functions to which a delegation scheme relates, to make contributions to voluntary organisations may be exercised by the county council as well as by the council of the county district for which the scheme is in force) for the words " make contributions to voluntary organisations " there shall be substituted the words " assist voluntary organisations in any manner mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) of section 65 of the [1968 c. 46.] Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 ".