Part 1

Delivery of social work services for children and young persons

Effect of arrangements under section 1
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1
Anything done or omitted to be done by or in relation to a provider of social work services in, or in connection with, the exercise or purported exercise of a function which is the subject of the arrangements under section 1 to which the provider is a party is to be treated as done or omitted to be done by or in relation to the local authority which entered into the arrangements.
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Subsection (1)—
a
does not affect the rights and liabilities of the parties to the arrangements as between one another;
b
does not make the local authority liable under section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42) in respect of any act (within the meaning of that section) of a provider of social work services if the act is one of a private nature;
c
does not prevent any civil proceedings which could otherwise be brought by or against the provider of social work services from being brought; and
d
does not apply for the purposes of any criminal proceedings brought in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by the provider of social work services.
3
A reference in this section to anything done or omitted to be done by or in relation to a provider of social work services includes a reference to anything done or omitted to be done by or in relation to an employee or agent of the provider.
4
In this section—
- “
civil proceedings
” includes a claim for judicial review; and
- “ employee ”, in relation to a body corporate, includes any director or other officer of that body.
S. 3 in force at 16.2.2009 for E. by S.I. 2009/323, art. 2(b)