{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-act-1948/section-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-act-1948/section-49.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/29",
  "legislation_title": "National Assistance Act 1948",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-act-1948",
  "path": "section/49",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Expenses of council officers acting as Receivers.",
  "text": "Where an officer of the council of a county or county borough a county council in England, a district council for an area in England for which there is no county council, a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London, with the permission of the council applies for appointment by the Court of Protection as a deputy, or applies for an intervention order or for appointment as a guardian under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4) the council may defray any expenses incurred by him in connection with the application or the exercise of his functions as deputy, or his functions under the intervention order or as guardian in so far as those expenses are not recoverable by him from any other source.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words “any” to “Act” substituted for words “the council” to “borough” (E.W.) by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 195(6), Sch. 23 para. 2(11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 49 substituted (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), 9(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 49 substituted (1.10.2007) by Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9), s. 68(1), Sch. 6 para. 6(a) (with ss. 27-29, 62); S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 49 inserted (S.) (1.4.2002) by 2000 asp 4, s. 88(2), Sch. 5 para. 8(a)(b); S.S.I. 2001/81, art. 3, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 49 substituted (1.10.2007) by Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9), s. 68(1), Sch. 6 para. 6(b) (with ss. 27-29, 62); S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 49 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/49",
    "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."
}