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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/qualifications-of-chief-social-work-officers-scotland-regulations-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/515",
  "legislation_title": "The Qualifications of Chief Social Work Officers (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/qualifications-of-chief-social-work-officers-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations prescribe the qualifications to be held by the person appointed to the office of chief social work officer by a local authority under Part I of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.\nThe 1968 Act imposed an obligation on a local authority to appoint a director of social work. The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 replaces that obligation as from 1st April 1996 with a requirement to appoint a chief social work officer.\nRegulation 3 prescribes the qualifications to be held by a chief social work officer. These qualifications are similar to those which were prescribed in relation to directors of social work.\nRegulation 4 revokes the previous Regulations which prescribed the qualifications of a director of social work appointed by a local authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/515/note",
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  "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."
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