(1)A local authority [F1shall have power under this section to][F1may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, and to such extent as he may direct in relation to persons ordinarily resident in the authority’s area shall] make arrangements for the provision of facilities for any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) of section fifteen of the principal Act (which relates to the provision for registered persons who are seriously disabled of employment, or work on their own account, under special conditions, and of training for such employment or work); [F2and in relation to persons ordinarily resident in the area of a local authority, the authority shall, to such extent as the [F3Secretary of State] may direct, be under a duty to exercise their powers under this subsection.]
(2)The powers and duties of a local authority under subsection (1) of this section shall be in lieu of any power or duty of the authority to make arrangements for the same purposes under section twenty-nine of the M1National Assistance Act 1948, or under [F4paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the M2National Health Service Act 1977] or [F5section 38 of the M3National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978].
(3)The arrangements made by a local authority under this section shall be carried into effect [F6subject to the approval of the Secretary of State].
(4)The Schedule to this Act shall have effect for the purpose of applying or adapting the enactments there mentioned for the purpose of this section, and for making other provisions supplementary to this section; and the foregoing subsections shall have effect subject to the provision made by that Schedule.
(5)For the purpose of this section “local authority” means as respects England F7. . ., the council of a county [F8 . . . F9, or of a metropolitan district or London borough or the Common Council of the City of London] and, as respects Scotland, [F10a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994][F11and in relation to Wales, the council of a county or county borough].
(6)This section shall come into force on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine.
Textual Amendments
F1Words “may, with” to “area shall” substituted (E.W.) for words “shall have” to “section to” by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 23 para. 6(1)
F2Words repealed (E.W.) by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 23 para. 6(1)
F3Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt. II para. 134(a)
F4Words substituted by National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), s. 129, Sch. 15 para. 21
F5Words substituted by virtue of National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29), Sch. 15 para. 2
F6Words substituted (S.) by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt. II para. 134(b)
F7Words in s. 3(5) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 22(4), 66(8), Sch. 10 para. 3, Sch. 18 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F8Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 195(6), Sch. 23 para. 6(1)
F9Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 102, Sch. 17
F10Words in s. 3(5) substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 49; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)
F11Words in s. 3(5) added (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(4), Sch. 10 para. 3 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 3 amended (E.W.) by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), s. 2, Sch. 1
C2S. 3(3) repealed (E.W.)by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), Sch. 3 and Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
C3S. 3(4) repealed (S.) by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 2
Marginal Citations