Part IV Residential and other Establishments

Provision of residential and other establishments

59 Provision of residential and other establishments by local authorities, and maximum period for repayment of sums borrowed for such provision.

(1)

F1F2Without prejudice to their duties under F3sections 12 and 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 F4F5sections 25 and 26 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13) or 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.”