Section 4 of the 1946 Act (which empowers the Minister to make accommodation in single rooms or small wards available for patients who undertake, or in respect of whom an undertaking is given, to pay for the accommodation such charges as may be determined in the prescribed manner) shall, in relation to undertakings given after the coming into operation of this section, have effect as if, for the words "determined in the prescribed manner", there were substituted the words " determined by the Minister ".
The Minister may allow such deductions as he thinks fit from the amount of a charge due by virtue of an undertaking given (whether before or after the coming into operation of this section) under the said section 4 to be paid for accommodation in respect of any period during which the accommodation is temporarily vacated by the person for whom it is made available.
Charges prescribed by regulations under the said section 4 which are in force immediately before the coming into operation of this section shall, in relation to undertakings given after the coming into operation of this section, be deemed to have been determined by the Minister under that section as amended by this section.
This section shall have effect in Scotland as if, for any reference therein to section 4 of the 1946 Act, there were substituted a reference to section 4 of the 1947 Act; and as if, in subsection (1) thereof, for the words " determined by the Minister ", there were substituted the words " determined by the Secretary of State " and as if subsection (3) thereof were omitted.