http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/49/section/5ZASocial Work (Scotland) Act 1968An Act to make further provision for promoting social welfare in Scotland; to consolidate with amendments certain enactments relating to the care and protection of children; to amend the law relating to the supervision and care of persons put on probation or released from prison etc.; to restrict the prosecution of children for offences; to establish children’s panels to provide children’s hearings in the case of children requiring compulsory measures of care; and for purposes connected with the aforesaid matters.1984-04-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-01-19Expert Participation2026-01-07
Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968s. 87AAdult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007s. 66s. 79(3)Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968s. 29(3)(j)Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005Sch. 5 para. 1s. 36s. 37(2)art. 2Sch. 2Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968s. 61BAdults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000s. 36s. 35 46 Sch. 4 para. 7(d)s. 89(2)art. 2(2)(a)Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968s. 62(3)(d)Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000s. 38(3)s. 35 46 Sch. 4 para. 5(3) 7(d)s. 89(2)art. 2(2)(a)Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968s. 64A(1)(e) and wordAdults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000Sch. 5 para. 10s. 89(2)
Part I Administration Central Authority<Addition ChangeId="key-9bf631f2620ae02861bb6cb17a133200-1768838049612" CommentaryRef="key-9bf631f2620ae02861bb6cb17a133200">National Chief Social Work Adviser and National Social Work Agency</Addition>5ZA1The Scottish Ministers are to—adesignate a member of their staff as the National Chief Social Work Adviser to—iadvise them on policy in relation to social work and the protection of individuals at particular risk of harm, andiiprepare an annual report for the Scottish Ministers on the state of social work services and the social work workforce,borganise other members of their staff into an agency named the National Social Work Agency to support the National Chief Social Work Adviser.2The member of staff designated as the National Chief Social Work Adviser must be registered as a social worker in a register that is a relevant register within the meaning of section 52(2) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001.S. 5ZA inserted (7.1.2026) by Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 9), ss. 25(2), 39(2); S.S.I. 2025/388, reg. 2(1)(2), sch. Pt. 1