Regulation 2 Condition to be satisfied before payment of a social fund award
Before a payment of an award out of the social fund under section 32(2)(b) of the Act (payment to meet needs other than in prescribed circumstances) is made for a category of need which is specified in directions given by the Secretary of State to be repayablef1, the person by or on behalf of whom the application was made shall notify the Secretary of State in writing of his agreement to the terms and conditions of which he has been notified by the Secretary of State in accordance with subsection (4A) of section 33 of the Actf2 within 14 days of the date on which that notification was issued to that person.
The time specified in paragraph (1) above may be extended by the Secretary of State for special reasons, even though the time so specified may already have expired.
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Directions given by the Secretary of State under sections 32(2)(b), 33(10) and (10A), 34(8)(a) and (b) of the Social Security Act 1986.
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Subsection (4A) of section 33 was inserted by the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7), Schedule 3, paragraph 11.