(1)It shall be the duty of the [F1Secretary of State] in exercising any power to select disabled persons for courses of training and other courses or any power to submit for engagements the names of [F2disabled persons] . . . F3, to give preference, so far as [F4he . . . ]F5 considers it consistent with the efficient exercise of that power, to persons of the classes specified in section 16 of the M1Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 (which specifies the classes of ex-service men and women to whom preference is to be given in pursuance of that section); and in this subsection “disabled person”[F6has the same meaning as in the Equality Act 2010].
[F7(1A) It shall be the duty . . . F8 of each [F9local authority or (in Scotland) education authority] to furnish the Secretary of State with such information in its possession as the Secretary of State may specify as being information required by him in connection with the determination of questions relating to the exercise by him of any power under this Act to make payments to any persons; and any information falling to be furnished in pursuance of this subsection shall be furnished in such form and at such times as the Secretary of State may direct. ]
[F10(2)It shall be the duty of each [F11local authority or (in Scotland) education authority] and the Commission to furnish the Secretary of State with such information in its possession as the Secretary of State may require as being information required in connection with the determination of questions relating to contributions or benefit [F12under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992] and any information falling to be furnished in pursuance of this subsection shall be furnished in such a form and at such times as the Secretary of State may direct.]
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13
(4)The [F14Secretary of State] or an industrial training board may make to any person payments by way of travelling and subsistence allowances and compensation for loss of remunerative time which [F15, in the case of payments by such a board, are approved by the Secretary of State and which the Secretary of State] or board considers are appropriate in connection with the person’s attendance at any examination connected with a claim for payments from the [F16Secretary of State] or board in pursuance of subsection (3) of the preceding section; . . . F17
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18
F19(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 25(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(a)
F2Words in s. 12(1) substituted (2.12.1996) by 1995 c. 50, s. 70(4), Sch. 6 para. 1 (with ss. 59, 64, 65); S.I. 1996/1474, art. 2, Sch. Pt. III
F3Words substituted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 45:3), s. 25(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(b) and repealed by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 29(4), Sch. 7 Pt. I
F4Words substituted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 25(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(c)
F5Words repealed by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 29(4), Sch. 7 Pt. I
F6Words in s. 12(1) substituted by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 3 (as inserted) (1.10.2010) by The Equality Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments, Saving and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2279), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2 (see S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2)
F7S. 12(1A) inserted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 25(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(2)
F8Words repealed by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 29(4), Sch. 7 Pt. I
F9Words in s. 12(1A) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 28(4)
F10S. 12(2) substituted by Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7, SIF 113:1), s. 16, Sch. 4 para. 2
F11Words in s. 12(2) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 28(4)
F12Words in s. 12(2) substituted (1. 7. 1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 11.
F13S. 12(3) repealed by S.I. 1981/494, art. 2
F14Words substituted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 25(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(3)(a)
F15Words substituted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 25(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(3)(b)
F16Words substituted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 25(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(3)(a)
F17Words repealed by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 33, Sch. 4
F18S. 12(5) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIII
F19S. 12(6) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 8
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 12(4): Functions transferred (1.7.1999 subject to s. 56(1) of the Amending Act) by 1998 c. 46, s. 53(1) (with s. 126(3)-(11)); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(1)
Marginal Citations