PART IIILocal Authority Services.

Financial adjustments between Local Authorities.

32Adjustments between authority providing accommodation, etc., and authority of area of residence.

1

Any expenditure which apart from this section would fall to be borne by a local authority—

a

in the provision under this Part of this Act of accommodation for a person ordinarily resident in the area of another local authority, or

b

in the provision under section twenty-nine of this Act of services for a person ordinarily so resident, or

c

in providing under paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section twenty-one of this Act for the conveyance of a person ordinarily resident as aforesaid,

shall be recoverable from the said other local authority.

2

For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the last foregoing subsection it shall be assumed that the expenditure incurred by a local authority in providing accommodation for any person is, as respects accommodation provided in premises managed by a local authority, at the rate for the time being fixed for that accommodation under subsection (2) of section twenty-two of this Act, and, as respects accommodation provided pursuant to an arrangement made under section twenty-six of this Act, at the rate referred to in subsection (2) of that section.

3

Any question arising under this Part of this Act as to the ordinary residence of a person shall be determined by the Minister.