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Section 30.
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F1Sch. 5 substituted by virtue of Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), s. 6(3), Sch. 2 Pt. III
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F2Sch. 5 para. 1 repealed by Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27), Sch. 6, para. 13(1) and Sch. 7
2(1)It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to provide and maintain places, to be known as resettlement units, at which persons without a settled way of life are afforded temporary board and lodging with a view to influencing them to lead a more settled life.
(2)The Secretary of State may require the councils of counties . . . F3and of metropolitan districts, regions, island areas and London boroughs and the Common Council of the City of London to exercise, on behalf of the Secretary of State and in accordance with any directions given by the Secretary of State, the functions of providing and maintaining resettlement units.
(3)A council may recover from the Secretary of State any expenditure incurred by them under this paragraph with the approval of the Secretary of State, given either as respects that expenditure or generally as respects expenditure up to a specified amount.
(4)Before giving directions under sub-paragraph (2) above the Secretary of State shall consult with such local authorities, or associations of local authorities, as appear to him to be concerned.
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F3Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), Sch. 17
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F4Sch. 5 para. 3 repealed by Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), Sch. 2, Pt. I, para. 31(g) and Sch. 5 Pt. II
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F5Sch. 5 para. 4 substituted by Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27), Sch. 6, para. 13(2)
4(1)The Secretary of State may, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as he may determine, give assistance by way of grant to any local authority or voluntary organisation which provides places for purposes similar to the purposes for which resettlement units are provided by the Secretary of State.
(2)In this paragraph “local authority” means the council of a county, a district, a region, an islands area or a London borough, or the Common Council of the City of London.
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