Commentary on Sections Other Section 61: Independent Living Funds
286.This section amends the Disability (Grants) Act 1993 which provides for the making of grants by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland to the Independent Living (Extension) Fund, the Independent Living (1993) Fund and Motability. The current Independent Living Funds are being replaced by a new Trust called The Independent Living Fund (2006) and this section will update the names of the funds to allow the Secretary of State and the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland to make grants to the new fund.
287.This section provides a power to make consequential amendments to subordinate legislation.