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(1)For subsection (1) of section 138 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (payments out of social fund) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(1)There may be made out of the social fund, in accordance with this Part of this Act—
(a)payments of prescribed amounts, whether in respect of prescribed items or otherwise, to meet, in prescribed circumstances, maternity expenses and funeral expenses; and
(b)payments by way of community care grant, crisis loan or budgeting loan to meet other needs in accordance with directions given or guidance issued by the Secretary of State.”
(2)After subsection (4) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(5)In this Part—
“budgeting loan” means a loan awarded in circumstances specified in directions issued by the Secretary of State for the purpose of defraying an intermittent expense;
“community care grant” means a grant awarded in circumstances so specified for the purpose of meeting a need for community care;
“crisis loan” means a loan awarded in circumstances so specified for the purpose of meeting an immediate short term need;
and any reference in this subsection to meeting a need or defraying an expense includes a reference to helping to meet the need or to defray the expense.”
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