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Supplementary Benefits Act 1976

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30Re-establishment centres and reception centres

(1)The Commission shall, on behalf of the Secretary of State and in accordance with any directions given by him, exercise the functions set out in Schedule 5 to this Act relating to re-establishment centres and reception centres.

(2)If in exercise of their functions under Schedule 5 to this Act the Commission so require, payment at such rates as the Commission may determine shall be made by persons for whom temporary board and lodging are provided in a centre maintained under that Schedule.

(3)The Secretary of State may, by regulations made under this subsection, make provision for the management of, and the preservation of order in, centres maintained under that Schedule.

(4)Regulations made under subsection (3) above may—

(a)include provisions requiring persons accommodated or received in such centres, or specified classes of such persons, to do such work for assisting in the running of the centres as may be specified by or under the regulations; and

(b)provide that any person who contravenes, or fails to comply with, any specified provision of the regulations shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £10, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month.

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