http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/19/section/51/enactedNational Health Service and Community Care Act 1990NHS managementNational Health Service (NHS)CareFamily health servicesCare assessmentKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2021-08-02 Part IVCommunity Care: ScotlandPower of Secretary of State to give directions 51 After subsection (1) of section 5 (powers of Secretary of State) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (in this Part of this Act referred to as “the 1968 Act”) there shall be inserted the following subsection— 1A Without prejudice to subsection (1) above, the Secretary of State may issue directions to local authorities, either individually or collectively, as to the manner in which they are to exercise any of their functions under this Act or any of the enactments mentioned in section 2(2) of this Act; and a local authority shall comply with any direction made under this subsection. 1968 c. 49.
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