Part 2Criminal justice and procedure

Local authority duties in relation to detained children

I123Duty of local authority to provide residential establishments for detained children

1

The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 is amended as follows.

2

In section 59 (provision of residential and other establishments by local authorities), in subsection (1)—

a

for second “under” substitute “conferred under or by virtue of”,

b

after “1995 (c.36)” insert “, the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995”.