The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Amendment (England) Regulations 2012
S.I. 2012/663 · Made 29 February 2012
National Assistance Services, England
Made 29th February 2012
Laid before Parliament 8th March 2012
Coming into force 9th April 2012
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948f1.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1948 c.29; see section 35(1) of that Act for the definition of “the Minister” and section 64(1) for the definition of “prescribed”. Article 2 of the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699) transferred all functions of the Minister of Health to the Secretary of State.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Increase in sum needed for personal requirements
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Amendment (England) Regulations 2012 and shall come into force on 9th April 2012.
2Increase in sum needed for personal requirements
In regulation 2 of the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003f1, for “£22.60” substitute “£23.50”.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Paul Burstow
Minister of State,
Department of Health
29th February 2012
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003 so that the weekly sum which local authorities in England are to assume, in the absence of special circumstances, that residents in accommodation arranged under Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948 will need for their personal requirements is increased to £23.50.
The Regulations come into force on 9th April 2012.