(1)The Department shall allocate amounts for payments from the social fund such as are mentioned in section 134(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.
(2)The Department may specify the amounts either as sums of money or by reference to money falling into the social fund on the repayment or partial repayment of loans, or partly in the former and partly in the latter manner.
(3)Allocations—
(a)may be for payments by [F1a particular appropriate officer or group of appropriate officers];
(b)may be of different amounts for different purposes;
(c)may be made at such time or times as the Department considers appropriate; and
(d)may be in addition to any other allocation to the same officer or group of officers or for the same purpose.
(4)The Department may at any time re-allocate amounts previously allocated, and subsections (2) and (3) above shall have effect in relation to a re-allocation as they have effect in relation to an allocation.
(5)The Department may give general directions to [F2appropriate officers] or groups of [F2appropriate officers], or to any class of [F2appropriate officers], with respect to the control and management by [F2appropriate officers] or groups of [F2appropriate officers] of the amounts allocated to them under this section.
[F3(6)In this section “appropriate officer” means an officer of the Department who, acting under its authority, is exercising functions of the Department in relation to payments from the social fund such as are mentioned in section 134(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 147(3)(a) substituted (29.11.1999 for certain purposes, otherwiseprosp.) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), arts. 1, 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 80(1); S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 20-22) (subject to art. 2(2) of the said S.R. 1999/472)
F2Words in s. 147(5) substituted (29.11.1999 for certain purposes, otherwiseprosp.) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), arts. 1, 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 80(2); S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 20-22) (subject to art. 2(2) of the said S.R. 1999/472)
F3S. 147(6) inserted (29.11.1999 for certain purposes, otherwiseprosp.) by S.I. 1998/1506, arts. 1, 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 80(3); S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 20-22) (subject to art. 2(2) of the said S.R. 1999/472)