Commentary on Sections Information and research (sections 31 to 33) Section 33: Research etc. into matters connected with certain statutory functions
135.Section 33 amends sections 83(1) and 83(2) of the 1989 Act to include LSCBs, to provide a statutory power to the Secretary of State and to local authorities to conduct research into the functions of LSCBs.
136.Section 33 further amends section 83(3) of the 1989 Act to provide that a local authority must at such times and in such form as the Secretary of State may direct transmit to him such particulars as he may require as to the performance by the LSCB for the local authority’s area of all or any of their functions.
137.The section also amends the list of relevant enactments at section 83(9) of the 1989 Act for the purposes of sections 83(1)(a) and 83(2)(a) of this Act, which gives statutory powers to the Secretary of State and to local authorities respectively, to conduct, or assist other persons, in conducting research into specified matters including the functions, of the Secretary of State, and for the purposes of section 83(3), which requires local authorities to provide information to the Secretary of State in respect of the performance of their functions under the relevant enactments. It amends the list of relevant enactments by adding:
	Part 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002;
	the Children Act 2004; and
	the Children and Young Persons Act 2008.