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22 Funding for marriage support services.E+W

(1)The [F1Secretary of State] may, with the approval of the Treasury, make grants in connection with—

(a)the provision of marriage support services;

(b)research into the causes of marital breakdown;

(c)research into ways of preventing marital breakdown.

(2)Any grant under this section may be made subject to such conditions as the [F1Secretary of State] considers appropriate.

(3)In exercising his power to make grants in connection with the provision of marriage support services, the [F1Secretary of State] is to have regard, in particular, to the desirability of services of that kind being available when they are first needed.

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F223 Provision of marriage counselling.E+W

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F2Pt. II repealed (except for s. 22) (13.5.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 18(1), 139(4)

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