{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-work-scotland-act-1968/schedule-3/paragraph-5B",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/49",
  "legislation_title": "Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-work-scotland-act-1968",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/5B",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5B",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Two or more local authorities may, for the purpose of discharging the function imposed on them by paragraph 3 above, make arrangements to form a Children’s Panel Advisory Committee for their areas (hereafter referred to as a “joint advisory committee”).\n(2) A joint advisory committee shall not be formed in pursuance of arrangements made under sub-paragraph (1) above unless the authorities concerned have obtained the consent in writing of the Secretary of State.\n(3) The Secretary of State may give a direction, in any case where a joint advisory committee has not been formed, to two or more local authorities requiring them to form a joint advisory committee; and the local authorities shall comply with any such direction.\n(4) The provisions of this Schedule shall apply, subject to any necessary modifications, to a joint advisory committee as they apply to a Children’s Panel Advisory Committee formed under the said paragraph 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 5B inserted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 76(25)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/49/schedule/3/paragraph/5B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:53:29.441282+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."
}