The Secretary of State may pay such grants, to such persons, as he considers appropriate in relation to expenditure in connection with the provision or maintenance of resettlement places.

In this section “resettlement places” means places at which persons without a settled way of life are afforded temporary accommodation with a view to assisting them to lead a more settled life.

Any grant under this section may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

Section 30 of, and Schedule 5 to, the M1Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (provision of resettlement units) shall cease to have effect.

Any grants made by the Secretary of State under this section shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament.

Any sums received by the Secretary of State by way of the repayment of any such grant shall be paid by him into the Consolidated Fund.