- Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 1652
The Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1997
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| Made | 30th June 1997 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st July 1997 |
Whereas, this being an Order relating to local authorities in England and Wales only, the Secretary of State has, pursuant to section 70(3) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994[1], consulted such representatives of local government as he considers appropriate,
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament under section 77(2) of that Act,
Now therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 70 and 77(1) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1997.
(2) This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Contracting out of functions in relation to the provision of panels of guardians ad litem and reporting officers
2. Any function of a local authority which is conferred by Regulations[2] made under section 41(7) and (9) of the Children Act 1989[3] or section 65A(1) and (2) of the Adoption Act 1976[4] may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by that local authority.
Revocation of the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1996
3. The Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1996[5] is hereby revoked.
Frank Dobson
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, Department of Health
30th June 1997
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision to enable a local authority in England and Wales to authorise another person, or that person's employees, to exercise the authority's functions in relation to the provision of a panel of guardians ad litem and reporting officers for their area. It revokes the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1996.
Notes:
[1] 1994 c.40.back
[2] See S.I. 1991/2051, as amended by S.I. 1997/1662.back
[4] 1976 c.36. Section 65A was inserted by paragraph 29 of Schedule 10 to the Children Act 1989.back
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