# The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 1992, Regulation 3: Sum needed for personal requirements


The sum which under section 22(4) of the Act a local authority shall assume that a person will need for his personal requirements shall be £10.85 per week, except that in the case of a person to whom there is payable—
(a) attendance allowance under the provisions of Section 35 of the Social Security Act 1975;
(b) constant attendance allowance under any Personal Injuries Scheme; Service Pensions Instrument or any 1914—18 War Injuries Scheme, or
(c) disability living allowance by virtue of entitlement to the care component under Section 37ZB of the Social Security Act 1975,
that sum shall be increased by the amount of the allowance for each week the allowance is payable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/563/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-charges-for-accommodation-regulations-1992/regulation-3
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