Health and Social Care Act 2008

154 Arrangements with other third parties

(1) The Secretary of State may make arrangements for—

(a) financial assistance under section 149 to be given, or

(b) other functions relating to such assistance to be exercised,

by a person other than a body mentioned in section 153(1) or an English local authority.

(2) A person with whom the Secretary of State makes arrangements under subsection (1) is referred to in this section as P.

(3) Arrangements under subsection (1) may provide for the functions concerned to be exercised by P—

(a) either wholly or to such extent as may be specified in the arrangements, and

(b) either generally or in such cases or circumstances as may be so specified.

(4) Arrangements under subsection (1) may make provision—

(a) subject to section 151(3), as to the forms of financial assistance which may be given by P, and

(b) as to the terms on which financial assistance may be given by P.

(5) Arrangements under subsection (1) may—

(a) provide for the Secretary of State to make payments to P, and

(b) make provision as to the circumstances in which any such payments are to be repaid to the Secretary of State.

(6) In subsection (1) “English local authority” includes a non-metropolitan district council for an area for which there is a county council.