Part 3Other Support and Assistance

56 Provision of support by local authority

1

Section 99 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (provision of support by local authority) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

after “local authority” insert “ or Northern Ireland authority ”, and

b

at the end add “ or 98 ”.

3

For subsections (2) and (3) substitute—

2

Support may be provided by an authority in accordance with arrangements made with the authority or with another person.

3

Support may be provided by an authority in accordance with arrangements made under section 95 only in one or more of the ways mentioned in section 96(1) and (2).

4

In subsection (4)—

a

for “A local authority” substitute “ An authority ”, and

b

at the end add “ or 98 ”.

5

In subsection (5)—

a

for “a local authority” substitute “ an authority ”, and

b

in paragraph (b) for “bodies who are not local authorities” substitute “ other bodies ”.