Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968
Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (1968 c. 49)
- Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (1968 c. 49)
- Part I Administration
- Performance of their duties by local authorities
- 1 Local authorities for the administration of the Act.
- 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 3 Chief social work officer.
- 4 Provisions relating to performance of functions by local authorities.
- Central Authority
- 5 Powers of Secretary of State.
- 5ZA National Chief Social Work Adviser and National Social Work Agency
- 5A Local authority plans for community care services.
- 5B Complaints procedure.
- 6 Supervision of establishments providing accommodation for persons and inspection of records etc.
- 6A Inquiries.
- 6B Local authority inquiries into matters affecting children.
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- Research, training courses and financial and other assistance
- 8 Research.
- 9 Training courses and grants for training in social work.
- 10 Financial and other assistance to voluntary organisations etc., for social work.
- Acquisition of land
- 11 Acquisition of land.
- Part II Promotion of Social Welfare by Local Authorities
- General
- 12 General social welfare services of local authorities.
- 12A Duty of local authority to assess needs.
- 12AZA Assessments under section 12A: assistance
- 12AA Assessment of ability to provide care
- 12AB Duty of local authority to provide information to carer
- 12B Direct payments in respect of community care services.
- 12C Further provisions relating to direct payments.
- 13 Power of local authorities to assist persons in need in disposal of produce of their work.
- 13ZA Provision of services to incapable adults
- Residential accommodation with nursing.
- 13A Residential accommodation with nursing.
- Provision of care and after-care
- 13B Provision of care and after-care
- Home help
- 14 Home help and laundry facilities.
- Special provisions as to the care of children in need
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- Supervision and care of persons put on probation or released from prisons etc.
- 27 Supervision and care of persons put on probation or released from prisons etc.
- 27ZA Advice, guidance and assistance to persons arrested or on whom sentence deferred
- 27A Grants in respect of community service facilities
- 27B Grants in respect of hostel accommodation for persons under supervision.
- Ancillary
- 28 Burial or cremation of the dead.
- 29 Power of local authority to defray certain travelling expenses.
- Part III Children in need of Compulsory Measures of Care
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- 31 Restriction on prosecution of children for offences.
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- 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.
- 59A Grants in respect of secure accommodation for children.
- 60 Control of residential and other establishments.
- Registration of certain residential and other establishments
- 61 Restriction on carrying on of establishments.
- 61A Voluntary registration.
- 62 Registration.
- 62A Certificate of registration as respects grant-aided or independent school.
- 63 Special provisions for registration by Secretary of State.
- 63A Appeals against conditions imposed on registration or subsequently.
- 63B Special provisions for jointly registrable establishments.
- 64 Appeals against refusal or cancellation of registration.
- 64A Registration fees.
- 65 Removal of persons from establishments.
- 66 Duty to furnish particulars of establishments.
- 67 Entry to examine state and management of establishments etc.
- 68 Visiting of persons in establishments on behalf of local authorities.
- Absence without leave
- 69 Abscondment from a place of safety, or from the control of a person imposed by a supervision requirement.
- 70 Abscondment from residential establishments.
- 71 Harbouring.
- Transfer
- 72 Supervision of children moving to England or Wales or Northern Ireland.
- 73 Supervision of children moving to Scotland.
- 74 Parent of a child in a residential establishment under a supervision requirement moving to England or Wales or Northern Ireland.
- 75 Parent of a child subject to an approved school order or a committal order moving to Scotland.
- 76 Procedure.
- 77 Meaning of child for the purposes of this Part of this Act.
- Part VI Contributions in respect of Children in Care etc.
- 78 Duty to make contributions in respect of children in care etc.
- 78A Recovery of contributions.
- 79 Recipients of contributions.
- 80 Enforcement of duty to make contributions.
- 81 Provisions as to decrees for aliment.
- 82 Recovery of arrears of contributions.
- 83 Variation of trusts.
- 83A References in this Part of this Act to child being looked after.
- Part VII Miscellaneous and General
- General
- 84 Transfer of assets and liabilities.
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- 86 Adjustments between authority providing accommodation etc., and authority of area of residence.
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- 87 Charges that may be made for services and accommodation.
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- 90 Orders, regulations etc.
- 91 Expenses.
- 92 Effect of Act on rate support grant.
- 92A Powers of the Secretary of State to make grants.
- Supplementary
- 93 Transitional provisions.
- 94 Interpretation.
- 95 Minor and consequential amendments, repeals and savings.
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- 97 Extension of certain provisions of Act to England and Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands.
- 98 Commencement.
- 99 Short title.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 2 Amendment of Part IV of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937
- General Adaptations
- Part II Specific Adaptations
- SCHEDULE 3 Children’s Panels
- Appointment
- Children’s Panel Advisory Committee
- Recruitment and Training of Panel Members
- Expenses of Panel Members
- SCHEDULE 6 Transfer of Assets and Liabilities
- SCHEDULE 7 Transitional Provisions
- Registration of existing establishments
- Approved schools
- Contributions in respect of children taken into care
- Approved school orders, fit person orders, and supervision orders
- Jurisdiction of courts
- Remand Home Grant
- Probation Grant
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 8 Minor and Consequential Amendments
- Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937
- National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947
- National Assistance Act 1948
- Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948
- Maintenance Orders Act 1950
- Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956
- Adoption Act 1958
- Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958
- Health Visiting and Social Work (Training) Act 1962
- Children and Young Persons Act 1963
- Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965
- SCHEDULE 9 Enactments Repealed
- Part I Repeals Extending to Scotland Only
- Part II Repeals Extending to England and Wales
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