Except as provided by subsection (2) below, the fact that a local authority make a payment under section 12B(1) of this Act shall not affect their functions with respect to the provision of the service to which the payment relates.

Subject to subsection (3) below, where an authority make a payment under F2subsection (1) of section 12B of this Act they shall not be under any obligation to the person to whom it is made with respect to the provision of the service to which it relates F3(except in so far as it is provided by them by virtue of that subsection) as long as they are satisfied that the need which calls for the provision of that service will be met by virtue of F4that subsection .

The fact that an authority make a payment under section 12B(1) of this Act shall not affect their functions under section 12 of this Act in relation to the provision, to the person to whom the payment is made, of assistance, in exceptional circumstances constituting an emergency, in cash in respect of the service to which the payment under section 12B(1) relates.