(1)Regulations may make provision for and in connection with authorising a local authority to make arrangements under section 21 of the 1948 Act for a person to be provided with residential accommodation in Scotland, Northern Ireland, any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
(2)Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision—
(a)specifying conditions which must be satisfied before a local authority make any arrangements in pursuance of the regulations in respect of a person;
(b)for the application of provisions of the 1948 Act in relation to—
(i)any such arrangements, or
(ii)the person in respect of whom any such arrangements are made,
with or without modifications.
Commencement Information
I1S. 56 partly in force; s. 56 in force for certain purposes at 11.5.2001, see s. 70(2)