HC Deb 06 August 1913 vol 56 cc1683-4

(1) Where an order that a defective be sent to an institution or be placed under guardianship has been made under this Act, whether by a sheriff or otherwise, any sheriff having jurisdiction, may on the application of the petitioner, or of the managers of the institution or the guardian, as the case may be, or of the local authority concerned, make an order requiring the defective, or any person liable to maintain him, to contribute such sum towards the expenses of his maintenance in the institution, or of his guardianship or, in the event of his death in the institution, of his funeral expenses, and any charges incidental thereto as, having regard to the ability of the defective or person liable to maintain him, seems reasonable.

(2) Any such order may, on the application of the managers of the institution in which the defective is for the time being detained, or of the guardian, or of the local authority concerned, be enforced against any property of the defective or person liable to maintain him in the same way as if it were a decree in the sheriff small debt court.

(3) An order made under this Section may be varied or revoked by any sheriff having jurisdiction.

(4) Where a defective has been placed by, or with the consent of, his parent or guardian in an institution or under guardianship any sum which the parent or guardian has agreed to contribute towards the expenses of the maintenance or guardianship of the defective shall be recoverable as a civil debt.

Amendments made: In Sub-section (1) after the word "of" ["on the application of the petitioner"] insert the words "the local authority concerned, or where there is no local authority concerned of."

In Sub-section (1) leave out the words "as the case may be, or of the local authority concerned."

In Sub-section (2) leave out the words "on the application of the managers of the institution in which the defective is for the time being detained, or of the guardian, or of the local authority concerned."

Leave out Sub-section (4)—[Mr. McKinnon Wood.]