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Part VIIU.K. Miscellaneous and General

GeneralU.K.

86 Adjustments between authority providing accommodation etc., and authority of area of residence.E+W+S

(1)Any expenditure which apart from this section would fall to be borne by a local authority—

(a)in the provision under this Act [F1, or under section 25 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995,]of accommodation for a person ordinarily resident in the area of another local authority, or

(b)in the provision under Part II of this Act [F2, or under or by virtue of Part II of the said Act of 1995, of services and facilities for a person ordinarily so resident (including, in the case of a child, any expenses incurred after he has ceased to be a child, and, in the event of another local authority taking over, under section 25(4) of that Act, the provision of accommodation for him,] including also any travelling or other expenses incurred in connection with the taking over), or

(c)for the conveyance of a person ordinarily resident as aforesaid, or

(d)in administering a supervision requirement in respect of a person ordinarily resident as aforesaid, [F3or]

[F3(e)in the provision of accommodation, services or facilities for persons ordinarily so resident under section 7 (functions of local authorities) or 8 (provision of after-care services) of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984;]

shall be recoverable from the other local authority, and in this subsection any reference to another local authority includes a reference to a local authority in England or Wales.

(2)Any question arising under this section as to the ordinary residence of a person shall be determined by the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State may determine that a person has no ordinary residence.

(3)In determining for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section the ordinary residence of any person or child, any period during which he was a patient in a hospital [F4forming part of the hospital and specialist services] provided under [F5sections 2 and 3 of the M1National Health Service Act 1977] or [F6Part II of the M2National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978][F7or in a hospital managed by a National Health Service trust established under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 or section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978] or, in the case of a child, any period during which he resided in any place as an inmate of a school or other institution, or in accordance with the requirements of a supervision requirement, supervision order or probation order or the conditions of a recognizance, or while boarded out under this Act or under F8 . . . the M3Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 by a local authority or education authority [F9or placed with local authority foster parents under the Children Act 1989][F10or provided with accommodation under paragraph (a) of, or by virtue of paragraph (c) of, section 26(1) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995] shall be disregarded.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 86(1)(a) inserted (S.) (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(24)(a)(i) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))

F2 Words in s. 86(1)(b) substituted (S.) (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(24)(a)(ii) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))

F3 S. 86(1)(e) and the word “or” immediately preceding it inserted (1.4.1991) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 10(11)

F8 Words in s. 86(3) repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(7), Sch. 15; S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)

F10 Words in s. 86(3) inserted (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(24)(b) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))

Marginal Citations