HC Deb 01 February 1918 vol 101 cc2041-2

(1) The following Sub-section shall be substituted for Sub-section (2) of Section twelve of the principal Act:—

"(2) During such period as aforesaid the sum which would otherwise have been payable on acount of any such benefit to or in respect of any such person as aforesaid—

"(a) If that person has any dependants, may be applied at the discretion of the society or committee administering the benefit, but after consultation whenever possible with that person, wholly or in part for the advantage of, or be paid wholly or in part to, those dependants; and

Provided that—

"(ii) Where any person who is entitled to any benefit under this Part of this Act applies for admission to any workhouse infirmary, admission thereto shall not be ref used solely on the grounds of the right to that benefit."

In paragraph (b, ii), after the word "infirmary," insert the words "or in Scotland to any poorhouse, hospital, or the sick ward of any poorhouse."—Agreed to.