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(1) This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1997.
(2) This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
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Any function of a local authority which is conferred by Regulations made under section 41(7) and (9) of the Children Act 1989 or section 65A(1) and (2) of the Adoption Act 1976 may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by that local authority.
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The Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1996 is hereby revoked.
Frank Dobson
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State,
Department of Health
30th June 1997