# The National Assistance (Residential Accommodation) (Additional Payments and Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision for additional payments to be made so that a person who has been assessed as needing residential accommodation can choose to live in accommodation which is more expensive than the local authority would usually pay for someone with that person’s assessed needs. Under these Regulations the additional payments may be made by a third party, including a liable relative who is not making payments to maintain the resident. In certain circumstances, that is when the 12 weeks property disregard applies or in the case of a deferred payment agreement between the resident and the local authority, the resident himself may also contribute any or all of the additional payments, from specified resources set out in regulation 4(2).
These Regulations make consequential amendments to the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992, to enable additional payments made by a resident himself from any of the specified resources to be taken into account under those regulations, and to amend the regulation on tariff income (regulation 5).
These Regulations replace the National Assistance (Residential Accommodation) (Additional Payments) (England) Regulations 2001, which provided for a narrower range of resources from which a resident himself could make additional payments.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3441/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-residential-accommodation-additional-payments-and-assessment-of-resources-amendment-england-regulations-2001/note
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