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The following section shall be substituted for section 16A of the M1National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978—
(1)A Health Board may, if they think fit, make payments in accordance with this section to any regional, islands or district counciltowards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by them in connection with the performance of the following functions—
(a)any function relating to a matter which, by virtue of section 2(2)of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 or any other enactment (other than section 3 of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1958), stands referred to the social work committee of a regional or islands council;
(b)any of a regional or islands council’s functions under section 1 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 in making provision for—
(i)special educational needs;
(ii)further education,
within the meaning of those terms in that section;
(c)any of a district or islands council’s functions under Part VII of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 (provision of housing accommodation); and
(d)any of a regional or islands council’s functions under the following provisions—
(i)Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948;
(ii)section 116 of the Mental Health Act 1983;
(iii)section 1 or 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970;
(iv)section 23 or 297 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975.
(2)A Health Board may, if they think fit, make payments in accordance with this section to any of the following bodies towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by them in connection with the provision of housing accommodation—
(a)any housing association, as defined in section 208(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1966, which is registered by the Housing Corporation under section 13 of the Housing Act 1974;
(b)any development corporation established under section 2 of the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;
(c)the Housing Corporation; and
(d)the Scottish Special Housing Association.
(3)Where a voluntary organisation provides services similar to the functions referred to in this section, payments may be made in accordance with this section to any such organisation towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred in connection with the provision of those services and such payments may be made by—
(a)any Health Board either instead of or in addition to making payments under this section to any council, authority or other body in respect of such services; and
(b)any such council, authority or other body which has received payments from a Health Board under this section, out of the sums so received.
(4)Any payments made under this section, whether in respect of expenditure of a capital or of a revenue nature, or of both, shall be made in accordance with conditions prescribed for payments of that description by the Secretary of State in directions given under this subsection.”
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