M1The National Assistance Act 1948E+W+S
Marginal Citations
2(1)In section 22 of the National Assistance Act 1948, in subsection (5) (which provides that in assessing a person’s ability to pay for certain accommodation a local authority shall have regard to Part III of Schedule 1 to the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976) for the words from “Part III" onwards there shall be substituted the words “ regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this subsection" ”, and subsection (9) (under which payments of benefit may be diverted to a local authority to discharge a liability in respect of accommodation provided by that authority) shall cease to have effect.E+W+S
(2)Section 27 of that Act (under which among other things questions as to the circumstances of a person applying for accommodation under the Act may be referred to the Supplementary Benefits Commission) shall cease to have effect.
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 para. 2(3) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, s. 5(1)(2), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 paras. 6 and 16)