Part V Miscellaneous

Social services functions

I1102 Social services functions.

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2

Section 6(5) of F2the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (social services director not to discharge non-social services functions without approval of Secretary of State) ceases to have effect.

3

After section 1 of that Act there is inserted the following section—

1A Meaning of “social services functions”.

For the purposes of this Act the social services functions of a local authority are—

a

their functions under the enactments specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Act (being the functions which are described in general terms in the second column of that Schedule), and

b

such other of their functions as the Secretary of State may designate by an order made under this section.