# The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) (Scotland) Regulations 1989, Regulation 4: Sum needed for personal requirements


The sum which a local authority shall under section 22(4) of the Act assume that a person needs for his personal requirements shall be £8.70 per week except that, where that person is someone to whom there is payable attendance allowance under the provisions of section 35 of the Social Security Act 1975( ) or constant attendance allowance under any Personal Injuries Scheme, Service Pensions Instrument or any 1914-18 War Injuries Scheme, the said sum of £8.70 shall in respect of each week there is payable attendance allowance or constant attendance allowance be increased by the amount of such allowance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/432/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-charges-for-accommodation-scotland-regulations-1989/regulation-4
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