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Section 181: Terms and conditions of assistance.

Housing Act 1996 · 1996 c. 52View on legislation.gov.uk

Part VII: Homelessness: England

This section has effect as to the terms and conditions on which assistance is given under section 179 or 180.

Assistance shall be on such terms, and subject to such conditions, as the person giving the assistance may determine.

The conditions subject to which assistance is given shall in all cases include conditions requiring the person to whom the assistance is given—

to keep proper books of account and have them audited in such manner as may be specified,
to keep records indicating how he has used the money, furniture or other goods or premises, and
to submit the books of account and records for inspection by the person giving the assistance.

If it appears to the person giving the assistance that the person to whom it was given has failed to carry out his undertaking as to the purpose for which the assistance was to be used, he shall take all reasonable steps to recover from that person an amount equal to the amount of the assistance.

He must first serve on the person to whom the assistance was given a notice specifying the amount which in his opinion is recoverable and the basis on which that amount has been calculated.

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