# Social Security Act 1980, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In section 22 of the National Assistance Act 1948, in subsection (5) (which provides that in assessing a person’s ability to pay for certain accommodation a local authority shall have regard to Part III of Schedule 1 to the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976) for the words from “Part III" onwards there shall be substituted the words “ regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this subsection" ”, and subsection (9) (under which payments of benefit may be diverted to a local authority to discharge a liability in respect of accommodation provided by that authority) shall cease to have effect.
(2) Section 27 of that Act (under which among other things questions as to the circumstances of a person applying for accommodation under the Act may be referred to the Supplementary Benefits Commission) shall cease to have effect.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/30/schedule/4/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1980/schedule-4/paragraph-2
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