PART X MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Persons who are not persons with care51
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For the purposes of the Act the following categories of person shall not be persons with care—
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a local authority;
b
c
in Scotland, a person with whom a child is boarded out by a local authority under the provisions of section 21 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 M2.
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In paragraph (1) above—
“local authority” means, in relation to England and Wales, the council of a county, a metropolitan district, a London Borough or the Common Council of the City of London and, in relation to Scotland, a regional council or an islands council;
“a child who is looked after by a local authority” has the same meaning as in section 22 of the Children Act 1989.
Terminations of maintenance assessmentsF252
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Authorisation of representative53
1
A person may authorise a representative, whether or not legally qualified, to receive notices and other documents on his behalf and to act on his behalf in relation to the making of applications and the supply of information under any provision of the Act or these Regulations.
2
Where a person has authorised a representative for the purposes of paragraph (1) who is not legally qualified, he shall confirm that authorisation in writing to the Secretary of State.
F5Correction of accidental errors53A
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An accidental error in a decision of the Secretary of State made under the Act, or in any record of such a decision, may be corrected by the Secretary of State at any time.
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Such a correction is to be treated as part of that decision or of that record.
3
The Secretary of State must give written notice of the correction as soon as practicable to the persons to whom notice of the decision was required to be given.
4
In calculating the time within which an application may be made under regulation 17(1)(a) (revision of decisions) for a decision to be revised, no account is to be taken of any day falling before the day on which notice of any correction was given.
Correction of accidental errors in decisionsF354
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Setting aside of decisions on certain groundsF355
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Provisions common to regulations 54 and 55F356
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F4Action by the Secretary of State on receipt of an application under section 17 or 18 of the Act where a question as to the entitlement to benefit arisesF357
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