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The Contracting Out (Local Authorities Social Services Functions) (England) Order 2011

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Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 77(2) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Contracting Out, England

Made 000

Coming into force 1st August 2011

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 69(4), 70(2) and (4) and 77(1) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994f1.

In accordance with section 70(3)(a) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, the Secretary of State for Health has consulted with such representatives of local government as he considers appropriate.

A draft of this Order was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 77(2) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 and approved by resolution of each House.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1994. c.40.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and application
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Contracting out: adult social work practice pilot scheme
  4. 4Contracting out: right to control pilot scheme
  5. 5Modification of Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970
  6. Signature
  7. Schedule: Social Services Functions
  8. 1National Assistance Act 1948
  9. 2National Assistance Act 1948
  10. 3National Assistance Act 1948
  11. 4National Assistance Act 1948
  12. 5National Assistance Act 1948
  13. 6National Assistance Act 1948
  14. 7Mental Health 1959
  15. 8Health Services and Public Health Act 1968
  16. 9Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
  17. 10Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
  18. 11Mental Health Act 1983
  19. 12Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudication Act 1983
  20. 13Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
  21. 14Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
  22. 15National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990
  23. 16Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995
  24. 17Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000
  25. 18Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000
  26. 19Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000
  27. 20Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000
  28. 21Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc) Act 2003
  29. 22Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004
  30. 23The Mental Capacity Act 2005
  31. 24The Mental Capacity Act 2005
  32. 25The Mental Capacity Act 2005
  33. 26The Mental Capacity Act 2005
  34. 27The National Health Service Act 2006
  35. 28The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009
  36. 29The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009
  37. 30The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009
  38. 31The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009
  39. 32The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009
  40. 33The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009
  41. 34The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009
  42. 35The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009
  43. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Local Authorities Social Services Functions) (England) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 1st August 2011.

(2)

This Order shall apply in relation to England only.

2Interpretation

In this Order—

  • “the 1990 Act” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990f1;

  • “adult social work practice pilot scheme” is a pilot scheme relating to social services functions exercised by local authorities in relation to persons who are aged 18 or over established pursuant to the invitation of the Secretary of State for Health to submit expressions of interest dated 24th November 2010f2;

  • “registered social worker” means a person registered as a social worker—

    1. (a)

      in a register maintained under section 56 (the register) of the Care Standards Act 2000f3;

    2. (b)

      in a register maintained by the Scottish Social Services Council under section 44 (register of social workers and of other social service workers) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001f4; or

    3. (c)

      in a register maintained by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council under section 3 (the register) of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001f5; and

  • “social services function” means any of the functions conferred by or under any of the provisions listed in the Schedule to this Order.

3Contracting out: adult social work practice pilot scheme

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), a social services function may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by a local authorityf1 whose function it is.

(2)

An authorisation given to a person by virtue of paragraph (1) may authorise the exercise of a social services function, and a person (or the employees of a person) to whom such an authorisation is given may exercise such a function, only where—

(a)

the exercise of the function is required for the purposes of the participation of the person authorised in an adult social work practice pilot scheme;

(b)

the function is to be exercised only in relation to persons who are aged 18 or over;

(c)

the function is to be exercised by, or under the supervision of, a registered social worker;

(d)

where the function is not exercised by a registered social worker, the function is to be exercised by a person who has the qualifications or competencies which the local authority considers to be requisite for the exercise of the function;

(e)

in relation to a function under the Mental Capacity Act 2005f2, the function is to be exercised only to instruct as an independent mental capacity advocate a person provided by an approved provider; and

(f)

the function is to be exercised in accordance with relevant directions and guidance given to local authorities by the Secretary of State about the exercise of social services functions.

(3)

In paragraph (2)(e), “an approved provider” is a person who has entered into arrangements—

(a)

with the local authority whose functions are to be exercised under the authorisation; and

(b)

under which that person agrees to provide independent mental capacity advocates in connection with the exercise of those functions.

4Contracting out: right to control pilot scheme

(1)

Subject to paragraph (3), a function under section 47(1) to (3) of the 1990 Act (assessment of needs for community care services)f1 in relation to review cases may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by a local authority falling within paragraph (2) and whose function it is.

(2)

A local authority falls within this paragraph if it is a local authority that is included in the Schedule to the Community Care Services: Disabled People’s Choice and Control (Pilot Scheme) (England) Directions 2010f2 (“the 2010 Directions”).

(3)

An authorisation given to a person by virtue of paragraph (1) may authorise the exercise of a function under section 47(1) to (3) of the 1990 Act in relation to review cases, and a person (or the employees of a person) to whom such an authorisation is given may exercise such a function, only where—

(a)

the exercise of the function is to take place at a time when the 2010 Directions have effect in relation to the authority;

(b)

the function is to be exercised only in relation to a disabled person who is aged 18 or over;

(c)

the function is to be exercised by a person who has the qualifications or competencies which the local authority considers to be requisite for the exercise of the function; and

(d)

the function is to be exercised in accordance with relevant directions and guidance given to local authorities by the Secretary of State about the exercise of functions under section 47(1) to (3) of the 1990 Act.

(4)

In this article—

  • “disabled person” has the meaning given in section 47(8) of the 1990 Act; and

  • “review cases” are assessments carried out under section 47(1)(a) of the 1990 Act in respect of persons who are in receipt of community care services (within the meaning of section 46(3) of that Act (local authority plans for community care services)f3) at the time that the assessment is carried out.

5Modification of Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970

Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (social services functions)f1 shall be read as if at the end (after the entry relating to the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010) there were added—

“

The Contracting Out (Local Authorities Social Services Functions) (England) Order 2011

Articles 3 and 4

Contracting out

”

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Name

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Health

Date

1National Assistance Act 1948

Section 21 (duty of local authorities to provide accommodation)f1.

2National Assistance Act 1948

Section 22 (charges to be made for accommodation)f1.

3National Assistance Act 1948

Section 24 (authority liable for provision of accommodation)f1.

4National Assistance Act 1948

Section 26(1) to (4A) (provision of accommodation in premises maintained by voluntary organisations)f1.

5National Assistance Act 1948

Section 29 (welfare arrangements for blind, deaf, dumb and crippled persons, etc)f1.

6National Assistance Act 1948

Section 48 (duty of councils to provide temporary protection for property of persons admitted to hospitals, etc)f1.

7Mental Health 1959

Section 8(2) (functions of welfare authorities)f1.

8Health Services and Public Health Act 1968

Section 45 (promotion, by local authorities of the welfare of old people)f1.

9Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970

Section 1 (information as to need for and existence of welfare services)f1.

10Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970

Section 2 (provision of welfare services)f1.

11Mental Health Act 1983

Section 117 (after-care)f1.

12Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudication Act 1983

Section 17 (charges for local authority services in England and Wales)f1.

13Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986

Section 4 (services under s 2 of the 1970 Act: duty to consider needs of disabled persons)f1.

14Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986

Section 8 (duty of local authority to take into account abilities of carer).

15National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990

Section 47 (assessment of needs for community care services)f1.

16Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995

Section 1 (assessment of ability of carers to provide care: England and Wales)f1.

17Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000

Section 1 (right of carers to assessment)f1.

18Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000

Section 2 (services for carers).

19Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000

Section 4 (assessments and services for both carer and person cared for).

20Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000

Section 6A (duty to inform carers of right to assessment)f1.

21Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc) Act 2003

Section 4 (duties of responsible authority following notice under section 2)f1.

22Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004

Section 3 (co-operation between authorities)f1.

23The Mental Capacity Act 2005

Section 39 (provision of accommodation by local authority)f1.

24The Mental Capacity Act 2005

Section 39A (person becomes subject to Schedule A1)f1.

25The Mental Capacity Act 2005

Section 39C (person unrepresented whilst subject to Schedule A1)f1.

26The Mental Capacity Act 2005

Section 39D (person subject to Schedule A1 without paid representative)f1.

27The National Health Service Act 2006

Section 254 (local social service authorities) and Schedule 20 (further provision about local social services authorities)f1.

28The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009

Regulation 7 (direct payments under section 57(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 or section 17A(1) of the Children Act 1989).

29The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009

Regulation 8 (direct payments under section 57(1A) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001).

30The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009

Regulation 9 (amount and payment under section 57(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 or section 17A(1) of the Children Act 1989)f1.

31The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009

Regulation 10 (amount and payment under section 57(1A) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001)f1.

32The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009

Regulation 11 (conditions in respect of direct payments under section 57(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 or section 17A of the Children Act 1989).

33The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009

Regulation 12 (conditions in respect of direct payments under section 57(1A) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001).

34The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009

Regulation 17 (termination of direct payments under section 57(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 or section 17A of the Children Act 1989).

35The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (England) Regulations 2009

Regulation 18 (termination of direct payments under section 57(1A) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001).

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision to enable a local authority in England to authorise another person, or that person’s employees, to exercise social services functions for the purposes of, or in connection with, that person’s participation in an adult social work practice pilot (article 3) or a right to control pilot (article 4). A right to control pilot scheme is a pilot scheme provided for under section 44 (pilot schemes) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009f1.

The exercise of functions contracted out by virtue of this Order must be by, or under the supervision, of a registered social worker or by a person who has the requisite qualifications or competencies. Functions must also be exercised in accordance with relevant directions and guidance given to local authorities by the Secretary of State about the exercise of social services functions (articles 3(2) and 4(3)).

Article 5 modifies Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970. This will enable the Secretary of State to give guidance or directions to local authorities about the exercise of their functions under this Order.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as there is no significant impact on the private and voluntary sectors.