Transitory: modification of section 5(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968
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4.—(1) This article has effect from 1st August 2014 until the day on which Part 12 (services in relation to children at risk of becoming looked after, etc.) and Part 13 (support for kinship care) of the 2014 Act are brought fully into force.
(2) Section 5(1) (local authorities to perform functions under general guidance of the Scottish Ministers) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968(1) is to be read as if the references to Part 12 and Part 13 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 were omitted.
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1968 c.49; section 5(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 is amended by the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 1), section 21(a) and paragraph 1(a) of schedule 5 to the 2014 Act and S.S.I. 2013/211.