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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-social-services-designation-of-functions-order-1989/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/222",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authority Social Services (Designation of Functions) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-social-services-designation-of-functions-order-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Functions to be discharged through a local authority’s social services committee",
  "text": "The functions of local authorities under the following enactments are designated as being appropriate for discharge through a local authority’s social services committee:–\nEnactment\nNature of functions\nDisabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986\nSections 1 to 5, 7 and 8 except insofar as they assign functions to a local authority in their capacity of a local education authority.\nRepresentation and assessment of disabled persons.\nAccess to Personal Files Act 1987\nSection 1 insofar as it applies to personal information held for any purpose of the local authority’s social services functions.\nObligation to give access etc.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1987 c. 37."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/222/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:49:52.161080+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}