Amendments made:

No. 269, in page 44, line 35, leave out

`This section applies to any person in relevant premises who'

and insert

`For the purposes of this section a ``claimant'' is—

(a) (in relation to any time before the appointed day) a person who is ordinarily resident in relevant premises and'.

No. 270, in page 44, line 37, at end insert

`, or

(b) (in relation to any later time) a person who fell within paragraph (a) immediately before that day.'.

No. 271, in page 44, line 40, leave out

`person to whom this section applies' and insert `claimant'.

No. 272, in page 44, line 42, leave out

`purposes connected with the performance of functions under section 49'

and insert `qualifying purposes'.

No. 273, in page 44, line 45, at end insert—

`(2A) Where information relating to a claimant is supplied to any authority or person (``the recipient'') in accordance with subsection (2), the information may be supplied by the recipient, for qualifying purposes—

(a) to any local authority appearing to the recipient to be providing the claimant with community care services with respect to his accommodation; or

(b) to any person providing services to, or authorised to exercise functions of, any such local authority.

(2B) In subsections (2) and (2A) ``qualifying purposes'', in relation to information relating to a claimant, means—

(a) purposes connected with the performance of functions under section 49 in relation to the claimant, or

(b) other purposes connected with the termination of his preserved right in consequence of section 51(1), or

(c) (in subsection (2)) any further supply of the information under subsection (2A).'.

No. 274, in page 45, line 2, after `(2)', insert `or (2A)'.

No. 275, in page 45, line 11, at beginning insert ```the appointed day'','.—[Mr. Hutton.]

Clause 50, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Clause 51 ordered to stand part of the Bill.