Housing: direction by the Secretary of State

10.—(1) If the Secretary of State considers that a local authority or the Northern Ireland Housing Executive has suitable housing accommodation, the Secretary of State may direct the authority or the Executive to make available such accommodation as may be specified in the direction for a period so specified to the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing accommodation under regulation 5.

(2) The Secretary of State shall pay to a body to which a direction is given costs reasonably incurred by the body in complying with the direction.

(3) Any such direction is enforceable, on an application made on behalf of the Secretary of State, by injunction or, in Scotland, by an order under section 45(b) of the Court of Session Act 1988(1).