National Health Service Act 1977

123 Persons displaced by health service development

(1) Where the carrying out of a scheme for the provision by the Secretary of State in pursuance of this Act of hospital accommodation or other facilities will involve the displacement from any premises of persons residing in them, the Secretary of State may make arrangements with one or more of the following bodies—

(a) an authority who are a local authority for the purposes of the [1957 c. 56.] Housing Act 1957,

(b) a housing association within the meaning of that Act of 1957,

(c) a housing trust within the meaning of that Act of 1957.

(d) a development corporation established under the [1965 c. 59.] New Towns Act 1965, and

(e) the Commission for the New Towns,

for securing, in so far as it appears to him that there is no other residential accommodation suitable for the reasonable requirements of those persons available on reasonable terms, the provision of residential accommodation in advance of the displacement from time to time becoming necessary as the carrying out of the scheme proceeds.

(2) Arrangements under subsection (1) above may include provision for the making by the Secretary of State to the body with whom the arrangements are made of payments of such amounts and for such purposes as may be approved by the Treasury.