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Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

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Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, Section 149 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 31 January 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

149 Provision of housing welfare services.S

Part I of the 1987 Act shall have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, as if after section 5 there were inserted the following section—

5A Power of local authority to provide welfare services.

(1)A local authority may provide in connection with housing accommodation provided by them (whether or not under this Part) such welfare services, that is to say services for promoting the welfare of the persons for whom the accommodation is so provided, as accord with the needs of those persons.

(2)The local authority may make reasonable charges for welfare services provided by virtue of this section.

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 203, a local authority may attribute the income from and the expenditure on the welfare services provided under subsection (1) to a revenue account other than their housing revenue account.

(4)In this section “welfare services” does not include the repair, maintenance, supervision or management of houses or other property.

(5)The powers conferred by this section shall not be regarded as restricting those conferred by section 83 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (power to incur expenditure for purposes not otherwise authorised) and accordingly the reference in subsection (1) of that section to any other enactment shall not include a reference to this section.

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