Children Act, 1941

Amendment of section 75 of the Principal Act.

22.—Section 75 of the Principal Act is hereby amended in the following respects and shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:—

(a) by the insertion in paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) before the words “chief inspector” of the words “local authority responsible under this Act for the maintenance of the offender or child or of the”

(b) by the deletion in sub-section (4) of the words “and on fourteen days' notice of such application being given to the chief inspector or person on whom the order was made” and the substitution in lieu of the words so deleted of the words “or of the local authority responsible under this Act for the maintenance of the offender or child”;

(c) by the addition at the end of sub-section (4) of the following words and paragraphs, that is to say, “and where any such application is made, fourteen days' notice thereof shall be given—

(a) in the case of an application by the person on whom the order is made, to the chief inspector,

(b) in the case of an application by or at the instance of the chief inspector, to the person on whom the order is made, and

(c) in the case of an application by or at the instance of the local authority responsible under this Act for the maintenance of the offender or child, to the chief inspector and to the person on whom the order is made”;

(d) by the deletion in sub-section (7) of the words “All sums received under this section shall be paid into the Exchequer” and the substitution in lieu of the words so deleted of the words “Every sum received under this section shall be apportioned between the Minister for Education and the local authority responsible under this Act for the maintenance of the offender or child in such proportion as the said Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, directs”;

(e) by the deletion of the words “paid into the Exchequer” where those words occur at the end of sub-section (7) and the substitution in lieu of the words so deleted of the words “apportioned as aforesaid”, and

(f) by the insertion at the end of the section of the following sub-section, that is to say:—

“(12) Every sum apportioned to the Minister for Education under sub-section (7) of this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance may direct.”