Treatment of certain residential accommodation7.

(1)

Where any part of an authority’s qualifying expenditure is attributable to rebates or allowances granted under the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 198210 to persons in respect of accommodation provided under–

(a)

sections 21 to 24 and 26 of the National Assistance Act 194811 (provision of accommodation);

(b)

section 21(1) of, and paragraph 1 or 2 of Schedule 8 to, the National Health Service Act 197712 (prevention, care and after-care); or

(c)

section 59 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 196813 (provision of residential and other establishments) where board is available to the claimant,

that authority’s subsidy for the relevant year in respect of such part shall be 90 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure so attributable.

(2)

This article shall not apply in a case to which article 8 applies.