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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-services-and-well-being-wales-act-2014/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "anaw/2014/4",
  "legislation_title": "Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-services-and-well-being-wales-act-2014",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "SOCIAL SERVICES FUNCTIONS",
  "text": "TABLE 1\nEnactment\nNature of functions\nChildren and Young Persons Act 1933\nSections 34 and 34A\nProtection of the young in relation to criminal and summary proceedings.\nHealth Services and Public Health Act 1968\nSection 65\nFinancial and other assistance by local authorities to certain voluntary organisations.\nChildren and Young Persons Act 1969\nThe whole Act\nCare and other treatment of children and young persons through court proceedings.\nAdoption Act 1976\nFunctions continuing to be exercisable by virtue of any transitional or saving provision made by or under the Adoption and Children Act 2002.\nMental Health Act 1983\nParts 2, 3 and 4; Sections 66, 67, 69(1), 114, 115, 116, 117 and 130\nWelfare of the mentally disordered; guardianship of persons suffering from mental disorder including such persons removed to England and Wales from Scotland or Northern Ireland; exercise of functions of nearest relative of person so suffering; exercise of functions of nearest relative in relation to applications and references to the First-tier Tribunal or the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales; appointment of approved mental health professionals; entry and inspection; welfare of certain hospitals; after-care of detained patients; prosecutions.\nPublic Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984\nSection 46(2) and (5)\nBurial or cremation of person dying in accommodation provided under Part 4 of this Act and recovery of expenses from the person's estate.\nMental Health (Scotland) Act 1984\nSection 10\nWelfare of certain persons while in hospital in Scotland.\nDisabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986\nSections 1 and 2\nRepresentation and assessment of disabled persons.\nHousing (Scotland) Act 1987\nSection 38(b)\nCo-operation in relation to homeless persons and persons threatened with homelessness.\nChildren Act 1989\nThe whole Act in so far as it confers functions on a local authority in Wales within the meaning of the Act except—\n(a)Part 3 and Schedule 2 (local authority support for children and families);\n(b)section 36 and paragraphs 12 to 19(1) of Schedule 3 (education supervision orders).\nWelfare reports; consent to application for residence order in respect of child in care; functions relating to special guardianship orders; family assistance orders; care and supervision; protection of children; functions in relation to community homes, voluntary homes and voluntary organisations, private children’s homes, and private arrangements for fostering children; inspection of children’s homes on behalf of the Welsh Ministers; research and returns of information.\nNational Health Service and Community Care Act 1990\nSection 47\nAssessment of needs for services under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983.\n...\n...\nEducation Act 1996\nSection 322\nHelp for another local authority in exercising functions under Part 4 of the Act.\nAdoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999\nSections 1 and 2(4)\nFunctions under regulations made under section 1 giving effect to the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption, concluded at the Hague on 29th May 1993, and functions under Article 9(a) to (c) of the Convention.\nAdoption and Children Act 2002\nMaintenance of Adoption Service; functions of local authority as adoption agency.\n...\n...\nMental Capacity Act 2005\nSections 39, 39A, 39C, 39D, 49 and Schedule A1\nInstructing independent mental capacity advocate before providing accommodation for person lacking capacity; instructing independent mental capacity advocate when giving an urgent authorisation, or making a request for a standard authorisation, under Schedule A1 to the Act; instructing independent mental capacity advocate when no representative for relevant person under Part 10 of Schedule A1 to the Act; instructing independent mental capacity advocate when representative for relevant person under Part 10 of Schedule A1 to the Act is not being paid; reports in proceedings; functions relating to hospital and care home residents.\nChildren and Families (Wales) Measure 2010\nSection 66\nFamily social work standards officers.\nSection 67\nThe provision of relevant care services within the meaning of that section.\nMental Health (Wales) Measure 2010\nParts 1 to 3\nLocal primary mental health support services, coordination of and care planning for secondary mental health service users, assessments of former users of secondary mental health services.\nLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012\nSection 92\nFunctions in relation to a child remanded to local authority accommodation.\nCare Act 2014\nSections 50 and 52\nTemporary duty to meet needs for care and support (or needs for support) where establishment or agency unable to do so because of business failure.\nHousing (Wales) Act 2014\nSection 95(2), (3) and (4); but only where those functions apply by virtue of subsection (5)(b) of that section.\nCo-operation and information sharing in relation to homeless persons and persons threatened with homelessness.\nThis Act\nThe whole Act, except the functions under sections 15(4) (in so far as it relates to other functions that are not social services functions), 120(2), 128(1) and (2), 130(1) and (2), 162 and section 164.\nPreventative services; care and support; support for carers; looked after and accommodated children; safeguarding adults and children.\nChildren and Families Act 2014\nThe duty to comply with a request under section 31, but only in respect of requests to exercise social services functions.\nDuty to comply with a request for co-operation by a local authority in England for the purpose of exercise of functions under Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014.\nAdditional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018\nThe duty to comply with a request under section 65, but only in respect of requests to exercise social services functions.\nDuty to exercise functions to provide information or other help on request by a local authority for the purpose of exercise of functions by the authority under Part 2 of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 entry omitted (1.9.2021 for specified purposes, 1.1.2022 for specified purposes, 1.9.2022 for specified purposes, 1.9.2025 for specified purposes) by virtue of Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2), s. 100(3), Sch. 1 para. 24(6)(a); S.I. 2021/373, arts. 3, 4, 6, 7 (as amended by S.I. 2021/938, art. 2); S.I. 2021/1243, art. 3 (with arts. 4-23) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 2); S.I. 2021/1244, art. 3 (with arts. 4-21) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 3); S.I. 2021/1245, arts. 3, 4 (with art. 1(4)); S.I. 2022/891, art. 3 (with arts. 4-25); S.I. 2022/892, arts. 2, 3 (with arts. 4-18); S.I. 2022/893, arts. 2, 4; S.I. 2022/894, art. 3; S.I. 2022/895, arts. 3, 4; S.I. 2022/896, art. 3 (with arts. 1(7), 4-22); S.I. 2022/897, art. 3 (with arts. 1(8), 4-21); S.I. 2022/898, arts. 2, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 324(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 324(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 Table 1 substituted (10.9.2025) by Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 44"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 324(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 324(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 omitted (27.4.2015) by virtue of Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7), s. 145(3), Sch. 3 para. 22(3)(a); S.I. 2015/1272, art. 2, Sch. para. 53; S.I. 2015/1272, art. 2, Sch. para. 53"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 Table omitted (1.7.2022) by virtue of Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 91(4)(c)(i), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 324(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 inserted (27.4.2015) by Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7), s. 145(3), Sch. 3 para. 22(3)(b); S.I. 2015/1272, art. 2, Sch. para. 53; S.I. 2015/1272, art. 2, Sch. para. 53"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 inserted (1.9.2021) by Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2), s. 100(3), Sch. 1 para. 24(6)(b); S.I. 2021/373, art. 8(j)(xl)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 inserted (1.9.2021) by Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2), s. 100(3), Sch. 1 para. 24(6)(c); S.I. 2021/373, art. 8(j)(xl)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 in force at 6.4.2016 by S.I. 2016/412, art. 2 (with art. 4, Schs. 1, 2)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/3",
      "affecting_title": "Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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