C1 Part I Local Government Reorganisation
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
Chapter 6 Functions
Social work
45 Chief social work officer.
—For section 3 of the M1Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (director of social work), there shall be substituted the following section—
3 Chief social work officer.
1
For the purposes of their functions under this Act and the enactments mentioned in section 5(1B) of this Act, a local authority shall appoint an officer to be known as the chief social work officer.
2
The qualifications of the chief social work officer shall be such as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State.
Pt. I (ss. 1-61) applied (1.4.1996) by 1990 c. 35, s. 21(5) (as inserted (1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 164(2)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c))