(1)For subsection (1) of section 26 of the [1948 c. 29.] National Assistance Act 1948 (provision of accommodation in premises maintained by voluntary organisations), there shall be substituted the following subsections:—
“(1)Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act, but subject to the next following subsection, a scheme under section twenty-one thereof may provide that a local authority—
(a)may make, in lieu or in supplementation of the provision, in premises managed by them or another local authority, of accommodation of the kind mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of the said section twenty-one, arrangements—
(i)with a voluntary organisation managing any premises, for the provision in those premises of accommodation of that kind ;
(ii)with a person registered under section thirty-seven of this Act in respect of a disabled persons' or old persons' home, for the provision in that home of accommodation of that kind ; and
(b)may make, in lieu or in supplementation of the provision, in premises managed by them or another local authority, of accommodation of the kind mentioned in paragraph (b) of the said subsection (1), arrangements with a voluntary organisation managing any premises for the provision in those premises of accommodation of that kind.
(1A)No arrangements shall be made by virtue of paragraph (a) of the foregoing subsection by a local authority with a person who has been convicted of an offence against regulations under section forty of this Act”.
(2)In subsection (2) of the said section 26 (which requires arrangements under subsection (1) of that section to provide for the making by the local authority of payments to the voluntary organisation with which they are made) for the words "the organisation " there shall be substituted the words " the other party thereto ".