
1 
This Order may be cited as the Local Authority Social Services (Designation of Functions) Order 1989 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2 
The functions of local authorities under the following enactments are designated as being appropriate for discharge through a local authority’s social services committee:–

Enactment Nature of functions
Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 
Sections 1 to 5, 7 and 8 except insofar as they assign functions to a local authority in their capacity of a local education authority. Representation and assessment of disabled persons.
Access to Personal Files Act 1987 
Section 1 insofar as it applies to personal information held for any purpose of the local authority’s social services functions. Obligation to give access etc.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
D. Mellor
Minister of State,
Department of Health
20th February 1989