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HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 101

101.(1) Where under Article 15 accommodation is provided by the Ministry or
applied for in respect of any person (in this Article referred to as a "person
accommodated"), the Ministry may bring proceedings upon complaint under Part
IX of the Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 against any other
person who, for the purposes of this Order, is liable to maintain the person
accommodated.

(2) On hearing a complaint under this Article, the court shall have regard to
all the circumstances and, in particular, to the resources of the defendant,
and may order the defendant to pay such sum, weekly or otherwise, as the court
may consider appropriate.

(3) In this Article, "the court" means the court of summary jurisdiction
having jurisdiction in the place where the accommodation was provided or
applied for.

(4) Payments under paragraph (2) shall be made

(a)to the Ministry, in respect of the cost of accommodation, whether provided
before or after the making of the order; or

(b)to the applicant for accommodation or any other person, being a person
accommodated; or

(c)to such other person as appears to the court expedient in the interests of
the person accommodated;

(5) The payments to be made pursuant to an order under this Article shall
(irrespective of the recipient thereof) inure for the benefit of the Ministry.

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