Section 12 | Ancillary and transitional provisions.

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(1)It shall be the duty of the Secretary 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 disabled persons . . . , to give preference, so far as he . . . considers it consistent with the efficient exercise of that power, to persons of the classes specified in section 16 of the Disabled 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”has the same meaning as in the Equality Act 2010.^F1F2F3F4F5F6

(1A)It shall be the duty . . . of each local 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.^F7F5F8

(2)It shall be the duty of each local 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 under 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.^F9F10F11

(3)Repealed^F12

(4)The Secretary 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 , 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 Secretary of State or board in pursuance of subsection (3) of the preceding section; . . .^F13F14F15

(5)Repealed^F16

(6)Repealed^F17

Notes

F1
Words substituted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 25(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(a)
F2
Words 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
F3
Words 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
F4
Words substituted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 25(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(c)
F5
Words repealed by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 29(4), Sch. 7 Pt. I
F6
Words 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)
F7
S. 12(1A) inserted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 25(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(2)
F8
Words in s. 12(1A) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Childrenâ€™s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 28(4)
F9
S. 12(2) substituted by Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7, SIF 113:1), s. 16, Sch. 4 para. 2
F10
Words in s. 12(2) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Childrenâ€™s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 28(4)
F11
Words 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.
F12
S. 12(3) repealed by S.I. 1981/494, art. 2
F13
Words substituted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 25(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(3)(a)
F14
Words substituted by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 25(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(3)(b)
F15
Words repealed by Employment Act 1988 (c. 19, SIF 43:5), s. 33, Sch. 4
F16
S. 12(5) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIII
F17
S. 12(6) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 8