Part IV Miscellaneous

Voluntary organisations

140 Power of local authorities to provide assistance to voluntary organisations.

In section 88 of the 1973 Act (provision of information etc. on matters relating to functions of local authority), after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

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A local authority may assist voluntary organisations to provide for individuals—

a

information and advice concerning those individuals’ rights and obligations; and

b

assistance, either by the making or receiving of communications or by providing representation to or before any person or body, in asserting those rights or fulfilling those obligations.