# The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) (Scotland) Regulations 1991, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations replace the National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) (Scotland) Regulations 1990.
They increase from £37.50 to £41.60 the minimum weekly amount which a person is required to pay for accommodation provided for him under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (which by virtue of section 87(3) of that Act is to be regarded for purposes of charges as accommodation provided under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948). This applies both to accommodation in premises managed by a local authority and (by virtue of section 26(3) of the 1948 Act) to acommodation provided by other persons under arrangements made by the local authority. They also increase the minimum weekly amount payable for that accommodation in respect of a child accompanying such a person, from £12.35 to £13.35 where the child is under the age of 11, and from £18.25 to £19.75 where he is between the ages of 11 and 16.
The Regulations also increase from £9.40 to £10.40 the weekly sum which, in assessing a person’s liability to pay for such accommodation, a local authority is, in the absence of a special circumstances, to assume will be needed for personal requirements.
Accommodation provided under section 7 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 is, with effect from I st April 1991, also to be treated for purposes of charges as accommodation provided under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948. (Section 87(3) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 as amended by paragraph 10(13)(c) of Schedule 9 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 provides for this.) The provisions of these Regulations therefore apply to that accommodation also.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/686/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-charges-for-accommodation-scotland-regulations-1991/note
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