PART 5

DISCRETIONARY HOUSING PAYMENTS

Local authorities need not make payments if not funded
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1
The Scottish Ministers may make grants to local authorities to fund the giving of financial assistance under section 88.
2
Monies granted to an authority under subsection (1) may be spent only on giving financial assistance under section 88.
3
If an authority has spent all monies granted to it under subsection (1), the authority may refuse to consider any application for financial assistance under section 88.
4
If, by virtue of subsection (3), an authority is refusing to consider applications, it need not comply with section 90.
5
For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (3) does not prevent an authority from considering applications or giving financial assistance under section 88 should it choose to.