§ AMENDMENTS OF ENACTMENTS CONFERRING SOCIAL SERVICES FUNCTIONS
Mr. Deputy SpeakerI suggest that with this Amendment we discuss also Government Amendments Nos. 1007 and 1008.
§ Mr. SpeedThese Amendments are all consequential on Amendment No. 320, which was made earlier this week, and which secured that, subject to certain conditions, the option to choose between district auditor and private or authorised auditors should be extended to all county and district councils.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Amendments made: No. 1111, in page 306, line 8, leave out from 'words' to end of line 12 and insert:
' "the council of a county or county borough" there shall be substituted the words "a council which is a local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970" '.
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No. 1112, in page 306, line 16, leave out from 'words' to end of line 20 and insert:
'from "of the county" to "situated" there shall be substituted the words "which for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 is the local authority for the area in which the home is situated" '.
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No. 1113, in page 306, line 27, leave out from 'words' to end of line 32 and insert:
' "the council which is the local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 and" '.
§ No. 1114, in page 306, line 35, leave out '(other than a large burgh)'.
§ No. 1007, in page 306, leave out lines 49 and 50.
§ No. 1008, in page 307, leave out lines 5 and 6.
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No. 1115, in page 309, line 29, leave out from 'Act' to end of line 32 and insert:
'for the words "local health authority", in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words "local social services authority" '.
§ No. 1017, in page 309, leave out lines 45 to 47.—[Mr. Graham Page.]
§ Further consideration of the Bill, as amended, adjourned.—[Mr. Graham Page.]
§ Bill (as amended in the Standing Committee), to be further considered this day.
§ ADJOURNMENT
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Kenneth Clarke.]