Paragraph 2

In section 182,

in subsection (1)—

for the words from “his wife” to “to be reimbursed” there shall be substituted the words—

“(i)

assistance is granted under Part II of the National Assistance Act, 1948, (hereinafter called “the Act of 1948”) by reference to the requirements of his wife or any children whom he is liable to maintain in accordance with the provisions of section 42 of that Act; or

(ii)

accommodation is provided by a local authority under Part III of the Act of 1948 for his wife or any such children, and payment for that accommodation is not made at the standard rate fixed therefor or, where such accommodation is temporary accommodation provided for less than a week or in special circumstances, payment is not made at such rate as the local authority may determine; or

(iii)

any child is received into care by a local authority under section 1 of the Children Act, 1948, in such circumstances that the seaman becomes liable to make contributions in respect of that child under the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, or, if the child is a child received into care by a local authority in Scotland, under the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1937,

then the National Assistance Board or any local authority concerned shall be entitled”;

for the words from “any sums properly expended” to “any of them, so that” there shall be substituted the words “to be reimbursed any sums properly expended during his absence in the grant of assistance under Part II of the Act of 1948, or the provision of accommodation under Part III thereof, to or for those members of his family or any of them, or to receive contributions in respect of any sums so expended as aforesaid in the maintenance of any child under the Children Act, 1948, so, however, that”; and

for the word “chargeable” in paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the words “granted assistance or provided with accommodation or maintained as aforesaid”; and

in subsection (2)—

there shall be inserted after the word “reimbursement” the words “or contributions.”