Part 3

Other Support and Assistance

Provision of support by local authority
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1
Section 99 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (provision of support by local authority) shall be amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
after “local authority” insert “or Northern Ireland authority”, and
b
at the end add “or 98”.
3
For subsections (2) and (3) substitute—
2
Support may be provided by an authority in accordance with arrangements made with the authority or with another person.
3
Support may be provided by an authority in accordance with arrangements made under section 95 only in one or more of the ways mentioned in section 96(1) and (2).
4
In subsection (4)—
a
for “A local authority” substitute “An authority”, and
b
at the end add “or 98”.
5
In subsection (5)—
a
for “a local authority” substitute “an authority”, and
b
in paragraph (b) for “bodies who are not local authorities” substitute “other bodies”.