Paragraph 24 I1

United Kingdom

F1(1)

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(2)

Where a contributor has agreed, or has been ordered, to make contributions to a local authority, any other local authority within whose area the contributor is for the time being living may—

(a)

at the request of the local authority who served the contribution notice; and

(b)

subject to agreement as to any sum to be deducted in respect of services rendered,

collect from the contributor any contributions due on behalf of the authority who served the notice.

(3)

In sub-paragraph (2) the reference to any other local authority includes a reference to—

F2(aa)

a local authority in Wales;

(a)

a local authority within the meaning of section 1(2) of the M1Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968; and

F3(b)

a Health and Social Care trust established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)).

(4)

The power to collect sums under sub-paragraph (2) includes the power to—

(a)

receive and give a discharge for any contributions due; and

(b)

(if necessary) enforce payment of any contributions,

even though those contributions may have fallen due at a time when the contributor was living elsewhere.

(5)

Any contribution collected under sub-paragraph (2) shall be paid (subject to any agreed deduction) to the local authority who served the contribution notice.

(6)

In any proceedings under this paragraph, a document which purports to be—

(a)

a copy of an order made by a court under or by virtue of paragraph 23; and

(b)

certified as a true copy by the F4designated officer for the court,

shall be evidence of the order.

(7)

In any proceedings under this paragraph, a certificate which—

(a)

purports to be signed by the clerk or some other duly authorised officer of the local authority who obtained the contribution order; and

(b)

states that any sum due to the authority under the order is overdue and unpaid,

shall be evidence that the sum is overdue and unpaid.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 para. 24(1) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 120; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F2: Sch. 2 para. 24(3)(aa) inserted (E.W.) (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 119
F3: Sch. 2 para. 24(3)(b) substituted (30.11.2022) by The Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1174), arts. 1(2), 14
F4: Words in Sch. 2 para. 24(6) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 190(1), Sch. 8 para. 340; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)

Marginal citations

M1: 1968 c. 49.

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 Pt. III para. 24 wholly in force at 14.10.1991 see s. 108(2)(3) and S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)

Notes on Schedule 2

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 heading substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 121

Modifications

C1: Sch. 2 modified (temp.) (12.2.2009 for E. and 31.3.2010 for W.) by Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23), ss. 8(3), 44, Sch. 2 para. 2; S.I. 2009/268, art. 3(1)(b); S.I. 2010/749, art. 2(a)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 wholly in force at 14.10.1991 see s. 108(2)(3) and S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)

Notes on Part III

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 heading inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 118

Modifications

C1: Sch. 2 Pt. III modified (30.12.2005) by 2002 c. 38, ss. 53(4)-(6), 148 (with Sch. 4 paras. 1, 6-8); S.I 2005/2213, {art. 2(c)}