Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983

PART III The Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work

10 The Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work

(1) The Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (in this Part of this Act called "the Council") shall continue in being as a corporate body with the functions which are or may be assigned to it by or under this Part of this Act.

(2) Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Council.

(3) The Council shall promote training in relevant social work by—

(a) seeking to secure suitable facilities for training persons in such work;

(b) approving courses as suitable to be attended by persons engaged, or intending to engage, in such work; and

(c) seeking to attract persons to such courses.

(4) An approval under subsection (3)(b) above shall be given by the Council in accordance with rules made by the Council and approved by the Privy Council, and those rules—

(a) may specify subjects to be comprised in the courses to be approved; and

(b) shall specify the conditions for admission to the courses and for the award by the Council of certificates of their successful completion.

(5) If it appears to the Council that adequate provision is not being made for further training in relevant social work, the Council shall provide, or secure the provision of, courses for this purpose.

(6) The Council may—

(a) conduct, or make arrangements for the conduct of, examinations in connection with such courses as are mentioned in this section ; and

(b) carry out, or assist other persons in carrying out, research into matters relevant to training for relevant social work.

(7) Subject to subsections (8) to (10) below, the Council may, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as they consider appropriate—

(a) make grants ; and

(b) pay travelling and other allowances,

to persons resident in Great Britain, in order to secure their training in relevant social work.

(8) The Council shall not make grants or pay allowances under subsection (7) above except for such purposes as the Secretary of State may direct.

(9) The Secretary of State may by directions specify terms upon which and conditions subject to which the Council are to make grants and pay allowances under subsection (7) above.

(10) Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (8) and (9) above, directions under those subsections may specify—

(a) the courses for which and the categories of student to whom grants may be made and allowances may be paid under subsection (7) above ;

(b) maximum amounts to be spent on such grants and allowances;

(c) maximum amounts to be spent on such grants and allowances to any individual; and

(d) the procedures for accounting for expenditure on such grants and allowances.

(11) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—

(a) for conferring on the Council such functions in relation to social work other than relevant social work as are conferred on them by this section in relation to relevant social work; and

(b) in that connection, for making any such increase in the maximum number of members of the Council as he may deem expedient.

(12) The powers to make regulations conferred by subsection (11) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(13) Regulations under subsection (11) above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(14) The powers to give directions conferred by subsections (8) and (9) above include powers to make different provision in relation to England, Scotland and Wales.

(15) The power to make regulations conferred by subsection (11) above includes power to make different provision in relation to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

(16) In this section " relevant social work " means such social work as is required in connection—

(a) with health, education or social services provided by local authorities, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland or education and library boards in Northern Ireland or provided in the United Kingdom by voluntary organisations ; and

(b) with the probation service.