Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend 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 that is provided, or proposed to be provided, to him by a local authority under Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948.

Regulation 3 makes provision for payments made under section 63(6)(b) of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (“the 1968 Act”) to a resident to meet childcare costs to be disregarded as income where he is undertaking instruction connected with the health service by virtue of arrangements made under that section.

Regulation 4 makes provision for payments made under section 2 or 3 of the Age-Related Payments Act 2004 to be disregarded as capital. It also introduces a capital disregard for payments made under section 63(6)(b) of the 1968 Act to meet childcare costs where the resident is undertaking instruction connected with the health service by virtue of arrangements made under that section.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.