National Assistance Act 1948

Financial adjustments between Local Authorities.

32 Adjustments between authority providing accommodation, etc., and authority of area of residence.

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

(a) in the provision under this Part of this Act of accommodation for a person ordinarily resident in the area of another local authority, or

(b) in the provision under section twenty-nine of this Act of services for a person ordinarily so resident, or

(c) in providing under paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section twenty-one of this Act for the conveyance of a person ordinarily resident as aforesaid,

shall be recoverable from the said other local authority.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the last foregoing subsection it shall be assumed that the expenditure incurred by a local authority in providing accommodation for any person is, as respects accommodation provided in premises managed by a local authority, at the rate for the time being fixed for that accommodation under subsection (2) of section twenty-two of this Act, and, as respects accommodation provided pursuant to an arrangement made under section twenty-six of this Act, at the rate referred to in subsection (2) of that section.

(3) Any question arising under this Part of this Act as to the ordinary residence of a person shall be determined by the Minister.