- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (14/10/1991)
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(1)Every local authority shall establish a social work committee for the purposes of their functions under this Act.
(2)Except as otherwise expressly provided, all matters relating to the performance of their functions under the following enactments—
(a)this Act [F1as read with sections 1 and 2(1) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act M11970 and the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986],
(b)Part IV of the M2Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937,
[F2(bb)the M3Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1958]
(c)sections 10 to 12 of the M4Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958, [F3and sections 11 and 12 of the M5Guardianship Act 1973]
(d)[F4the Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984],
(e)the M6Adoption Act 1958,
(f)section 101(1) of the M7Housing Act 1964, and
[F5(ff)section 9(1)(b) of the M8Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977,]
(g)the enactments mentioned in subsection (4) of the foregoing section,
[F6(h)the M9Children Act 1975,]
[F7(j)the M10Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978,]
[F8(k)section 19 and Part X of the Children Act 1989,]
[F9(l)sections 21 to 23 of the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983;
(m)the Access to Personal Files Act 1987.]
shall stand referred to the social work committee, and before exercising any of the said functions the authority shall, unless the matter is urgent, consider a report of the social work committee with respect thereto.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10
(4)Sections 39 and 40 of the M11Children Act 1948 (provisions relating to establishment of children’s committee) shall cease to have effect.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (c. 33, SIF 113:1), s. 12(2)
F2S. 2(2)(bb) inserted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65, SIF 81:2), Sch. 27 Pt. II para. 184
F3Words added by Guardianship Act 1973 (c. 29, SIF 49:10), Sch. 5 para. 7
F4Words substituted by Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 56, SIF 20), s. 22, Sch. 2 para. 4
F7S. 2(2)(j) inserted by Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 28, SIF 49:11), s. 67(2), Sch. 2 paras 3, 5. Sch. 3 para. 8
F8S. 2(2)(k) inserted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(5), Sch. 13 para. 18; S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F9S. 2(2)(l)(m) inserted (1.4.1991) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 10(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2The text of ss. 2(4), 3(9), 14(4), 27(7), 95(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II paras. 7, 18, Sch. 8 paras. 6, 7(1)(3), 8–16, 32–34, 37–43, 60, 68, 73, Sch. 9 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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