Out-of-area placements

5.  In section 208 (discharge of functions: out-of-area placements), after subsection (1), there shall be inserted—

“(1A) Subsection (1) shall not apply where—

(a) the local housing authority and another housing authority have agreed that the local housing authority may secure that accommodation is available for the occupation of all or an agreed number of asylum-seekers who are section 185(2) persons in that other authority’s district; and

(b) that other authority has provided written confirmation of the agreement to the local housing authority.”.