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Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, Cross Heading: Provision of residential and other establishments is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 11 September 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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(1)[F1Subject to section 13A of this Act,] it shall be the duty of a local authority to provide and maintain such residential and other establishments as may be required for their functions under this Act [F2or under Part II of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995,] or arrange for the provision of such establishments.
(2)For the purpose of discharging their duty under the foregoing subsection a local authority may—
(a)themselves provide such establishments as aforesaid; or
(b)join with another local authority in providing those establishments; or
(c)secure the provision of such establishments by voluntary organisations or other persons including other local authorities.
(3)The maximum period for the repayment of sums borrowed by a local authority for the purposes of this section shall be such period not exceeding sixty years as may be sanctioned by the Secretary of State; and accordingly in Schedule 6 to the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, at the end, there shall be added the following entry, that is to say—
“Section 59 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. | Such period not exceeding sixty years as may be sanctioned by the Secretary of State.” |
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 59 inserted (1.4.1993) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 10(7); S.I. 1992/2975, art. 2(2), Sch.
F2Words in s. 59(1) inserted (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(15) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))
Marginal Citations
(1)The Secretary of State may make to a local authority grants of such amount and subject to such conditions as he may with the consent of the Treasury determine in respect of expenditure incurred by the authority in—
(a)providing;
(b)joining with another local authority in providing; or
(c)contributing by way of grant under section 10(3) of this Act to the provision by a voluntary organisation of
secure accommodation . . . F4]
(2)The conditions subject to which grants are made under subsection (1)
of this section may include conditions for securing the repayment in whole or in part of such grants.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5
Textual Amendments
F3S. 59A inserted by Children Act 1975 (c. 72, SIF 49:9, 10), s. 72
(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations as to the conduct of residential and other establishments and for securing the welfare of persons resident or accommodated in them, and, without prejudice to the generality of those regulations, they may provide—
(a)for the construction of, and the accommodation provided in, those establishments, and their equipment, maintenance and management;
(b)for the classification, treatment and control of persons resident therein or attending thereat;
[F6(bb)for the granting of approval by the Secretary of State for the provision and use of accommodation in residential establishments as secure accommodation;]
(c)for the inspection of those establishments and the visiting of persons from time to time by visitors appointed in accordance with the regulations;
(d)for notice to be given to the Secretary of State or the local authority with which the person carrying on any such establishment is registered under any enactment of any change of the person in charge of the establishment;
(e)for requirements, in the case of children, as to the facilities which are to be given for them to receive a religious upbringing appropriate to the persuasion to which they belong;
[F7(ee)for prescribing the minimum age below which a child’s liberty shall not be restricted in secure accommodation except with the Secretary of State’s consent;]
(f)for making available in any of those establishments any service authorised by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act [F81978];
and may contain different provisions for different classes of establishments [F9different classes of accommodation in residental and other establishments] and different categories of persons.
(2)In the foregoing subsection, the expression “treatment” includes training, education and occupation, but does not include medical treatment.
(3)Where any regulation made in pursuance of this section provides that this subsection shall have effect in relation to the regulation, any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the regulation or any requirement or direction under it shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F10level 4 on the standard scale].
Textual Amendments
F6S. 60(1)(bb) inserted (30.1.1984) by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 8(3)(a)
F7S. 60(1)(ee) inserted (30.1.1984) by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudicatious Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 8(3)(b)
F8Words substituted by National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29, SIF 113:2), Sch. 16 para. 29(1)
F9Words inserted (30.1.1984) by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 8(3)(c)
F10Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289C(1), Sch. 7C (as inserted by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45, SIF 39:1), s. 63(1), Sch. 11 paras. 5, 13) and s. 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 54) (and the said Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 was repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, s. 6, Sch. 5), and by 1995 c. 40, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. II it is provided (1.4.1996) that s. 6(5) shall have effect as if the maximum fine that may be imposed on summary conviction for the offence mentioned therein were a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale instead of a fine of £50
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