# Solvent Abuse (Scotland) Act 1983 (repealed 1.4.1997), Section 1: Solvent abuse may indicate child in need of compulsory measures of care.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In section 32(2) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (conditions which if satisfied indicate that a child may be in need of compulsory measures of care within the meaning of Part III of that Act), the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (g):
“(gg) he has misused a volatile substance by deliberately inhaling, other than for medicinal purposes, that substance’s vapour; or”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/33/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/solvent-abuse-scotland-act-1983-repealed-141997/section-1
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