# National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, Paragraph 15


Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 27 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 (functions of local authorities relating to the prevention of illness, care and after-care), that section shall continue to have the same effect for the purposes of section 1(4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 as it had immediately before the coming into force of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/schedule/15/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/schedule-15/paragraph-15
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