Regulation 2 Sums needed for personal requirements from 1st to 11th April 1993 inclusive

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), from 1st April 1993 until 11th April 1993 (both dates inclusive) 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 £12.20 per week.

(2)

Where a person immediately before these Regulations come into force is in, or temporarily absent from, accommodation provided under Part III of the Act^f1 other than that provided under section 29(4)(c) of the Act^f2 (provision of hostels where persons for whom welfare services are provided may live), from 1st April 1993 until 11th April 1993 (both dates inclusive) the sum which under section 22(4) of the Act a local authority shall assume that such a person will need for his personal requirements shall be £10.85 per week, except that in the case of any such person to whom there is payable—

(a)

an attendance allowance by virtue of any entitlement thereto under section 64 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

(b)

a constant attendance allowance under any Personal Injuries Scheme, Service Pensions Instrument or any 1914—18 War Injuries Scheme; or

(c)

the care component of a disability living allowance by virtue of any entitlement thereto under section 72 of the Contributions and Benefits Act,

that sum shall be increased by the amount per week which is payable in respect of that allowance.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: As respects Scotland, see section 65(f) of the Act, as amended by paragraph 5(9) of Schedule 9 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, and section 87(3) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
f2: Amended by section 14(1) of and paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50).