3.—(1) The functions of the Executive shall include securing the provision of housing support services.
(2) The Executive may do such things as it considers appropriate for or in connection with securing the provision of housing support services and may, in particular—
(a)incur expenditure,
(b)give financial assistance to any person,
(c)enter into arrangements or agreements with any person,
(d)co-operate with, or facilitate or co-ordinate the activities of any person,
(e)exercise on behalf of any person any functions of that person; and
(f)provide staff, goods, services or accommodation to any person.
(3) In this Order “housing support services” includes any service which provides support, assistance, advice or counselling to an individual with particular needs with a view to enabling him to occupy, or to continue to occupy, as his only or main residence, housing accommodation in Northern Ireland other than excepted accommodation.
(4) In paragraph (3)—
“housing accommodation” has the meaning given in Article 2(2) of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (N.I. 3); and
“excepted accommodation” means accommodation, or accommodation of a type, prescribed as such.