{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-assessment-of-resources-amendment-no-2-regulations-1998/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1730",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-assessment-of-resources-amendment-no-2-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations (interpretation)—\n(a) in the definition of “less dependent resident”—\nafter the words “means a resident” there shall be inserted the words “who is in, or for whom accommodation is proposed to be provided in,”;\nat the beginning of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) the word “in” shall be deleted;\n(b) for the definition of “resident” there shall be substituted the following definitions—\n““prospective resident” means a person for whom accommodation is proposed to be provided under Part III of the Act;\n“resident” means a person who is provided with accommodation under Part III of the Act or is a prospective resident;”.\n(2) At the end of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations there shall be added the following paragraph—\n“(4) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a resident’s accommodation, or to accommodation provided for a resident, shall be construed in the case of a resident who is a prospective resident as a reference to accommodation which is proposed to be provided for him under Part III of the Act.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1948 c. 29; see regulation 2(1) of S.I. 1992/2977 for definition of “the Act”. As respects Scotland, see section 65(f) of the Act, as amended by paragraph 5(9) of Schedule 9 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, and section 87(3) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1730/regulation/2",
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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."
}