Section 3 | Provision of sheltered employment by local authorities.

(1)A local authority in England or Scotland shall have power under this section tomay, with the approval of the Secretary of State, and to such extent as he may direct in relation to persons ordinarily resident in the authority’s area shall make arrangements for the provision of facilities for any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) of section fifteen of the principal Act (which relates to the provision for registered persons who are seriously disabled of employment, or work on their own account, under special conditions, and of training for such employment or work); and in relation to persons ordinarily resident in the area of a local authority, the authority shall, to such extent as the Secretary of State may direct, be under a duty to exercise their powers under this subsection.^F1F2F3F4

(2)The powers and duties of a local authority under subsection (1) of this section shall be in lieu of any power or duty of the authority to make arrangements for the same purposes under section twenty-nine of the National Assistance Act 1948, or under ... paragraph 2 of Schedule 15 to the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or section 38 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.^F5F6F7F8

(3)The arrangements made by a local authority under this section shall be carried into effect subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.^F9

(4)The Schedule to this Act shall have effect for the purpose of applying or adapting the enactments there mentioned for the purpose of this section, and for making other provisions supplementary to this section; and the foregoing subsections shall have effect subject to the provision made by that Schedule.

(5)For the purpose of this section “local authority” means as respects England . . ., the council of a county . . . , or of a metropolitan district or London borough or the Common Council of the City of London and, as respects Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994and in relation to Wales, the council of a county or county borough.^{F10F11F12F13F14F15}

(6)This section shall come into force on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine.