{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-charges-for-accommodation-regulations-1988/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-charges-for-accommodation-regulations-1988/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/234",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-charges-for-accommodation-regulations-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations supersede, with effect from 11th April 1988, the National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 1987. The minimum weekly amount which a person is required to pay for accommodation managed by a local authority under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948 is increased from £31.60 to £32.90; in the case of a child accompanied by a person aged over 16 the increase is from £15.60 to £16.10 if the child is aged at least 11 but is under 16 and from £10.40 to £10.75 if he is under 11 (regulation 2). The weekly sum which in assessing a person’s ability to pay for such accommodation a local authority is, in the absence of special circumstances, to assume will be needed for personal requirements is increased from £7.90 to £8.25 (in addition to the amount of attendance, or constant attendance allowance where this is payable) (regulation 3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/234/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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