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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-assessment-of-resources-amendment-no-2-england-regulations-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2343",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2003",
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  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make further amendments to the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992 (“the principal Regulations”). The principal Regulations concern the assessment of the ability of a person to pay for accommodation arranged by local authorities under Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948.\nRegulation 2 inserts two new definitions into, and updates a definition in, the principal Regulations.\nRegulation 3 makes provision for payments made in accordance with regulations made under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002 to be disregarded as income. It also provides for up to £4.50 of any savings credit to be disregarded (£6.75 if a couple) where an individual has qualifying income not exceeding the standard minimum guarantee, and a sum of £4.50 (£6.75 if a couple) to be disregarded if an individual has qualifying income above the standard minimum guarantee.\nRegulation 4 makes provision for payments made in accordance with regulations made under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002 to be disregarded as capital.\nThese Regulations do not impose a charge on business.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2343/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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