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Local Authority Social Services Act 1970

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1. Local authorities.

  3. 1A. Meaning of “social services functions”.

  4. 2. Local authority to establish social services committee.

  5. 3. Business of Social Services Committee.

  6. 3A. Power of local authority to refer or delegate to social services committee.

  7. 4. Joint committees and sub-committees.

  8. 5. Membership of committees and sub-committees.

  9. 6. The director of social services.

  10. 7. Local authorities to exercise social services functions under guidance of Secretary of State.

  11. 7A. Directions by the Secretary of State as to exercise of social services functions.

  12. 7B.Complaints procedure

  13. 7C.Inquiries

  14. 7D.Default powers of Secretary of State as respects social services functions of local authorities.

  15. 7E.Grants to local authorities in respect of social services for the mentally ill.

  16. 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  17. 9. Protection of interests, etc. of local authority staffs.

  18. 10.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  19. 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  20. 12. Isles of Scilly.

  21. 13.Orders and regulations.

  22. 14. Minor and consequential amendments, repeals and saving for certain schemes.

  23. 15. Citation, interpretation, commencement and extent.

  24. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      SOCIAL SERVICES FUNCTIONS

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Minor and Consequential Amendments of Enactments

      1. The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12)

        1. 1.In section 96(7) of the Children and Young Persons Act...

        2. 2—4.. . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 5.. . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 6.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

        5. 7.. . . . . . . . . ....

        6. 8.In section 60(2) of the said Act of 1958 (provision...

        7. 9.. . . . . . . . . ....

      2. The Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37)

        1. 10.In section 56(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act...

        2. 11.. . . . . . . . . ....

      3. The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44)

        1. 12.(1) In section 2(1) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Repeals

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