{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-act-1948/section-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-act-1948/section-45.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/29",
  "legislation_title": "National Assistance Act 1948",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-act-1948",
  "path": "section/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Recovery in cases of misrepresentation or non-disclosure.",
  "text": "(1) If, whether fraudulently or otherwise, any person misrepresents or fails to disclose any material fact, and in consequence of the misrepresentation or failure—\n(a) ... a local authority incur any expenditure under ... Part III of this Act, or\n(b) any sum recoverable under this Act by ... a local authority is not recovered,\nthe ... authority shall be entitled to recover the amount thereof from the said person.\n2)—(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 4 omitted (except ss. 49, 68) (W.) (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 9(1) [Editorial note: This Act no longer applies in relation to England (1.4.2015) as a consequence of the Care Act 2014 (c. 23), Pt. 1 and the amendments made by The Care Act 2014 and Children and Families Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/914), Sch. paras. 1-10]"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Ministry of Social Security Act 1966 (c. 20), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 45(2)–(4) repealed by Ministry of Social Security Act 1966 (c. 20), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 45 amended by Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46), s. 45(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 45 extended (E.W.) by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), s. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/29/section/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:20.245114+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}