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9A. In section 37 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 (social services studies for Secretary of State), for subsection (2) there is substituted—
(2) In this section "social services functions" means functions which are social services functions within the meaning of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970.
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9B. In section 49 of that Act (restriction on disclosure of information), after subsection (1)(d) there is inserted—
(dd) for the purposes of the functions of an ethical standards officer or a Local Commissioner in Wales under Part III of the Local Government Act 2000".").