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The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/798 · Made 20 March 2000

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NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, ENGLAND

Made 20th March 2000

Laid before Parliament 20th March 2000

Coming into force 10th April 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948f1 and now vested in mef2, and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1948 c. 29; see sections 35(1) and 64(1) of the National Assistance Act 1948 for the definitions of “the Minister” and “prescribed” respectively.

f2

See article 2 of the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699) which transferred all functions of the Minister of Health to the Secretary of State.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Sum needed for personal requirements
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England onlyf1.

2Sum needed for personal requirements

The sum which under section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 a local authority shall assume that a person will need for his personal requirements shall be £15.45 per week.

3Revocation

The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 1999f1, in so far as they extend to England, are hereby revoked.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

John Hutton

Minister of State,

Department of Health

20th March 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations set out the weekly sum which local authorities in England are to assume, in the absence of special circumstances, that residents in accommodation arranged under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948 will need for their personal requirements.

From 10th April 2000 all residents will be assumed to need £15.45 per week for their personal requirements.

These Regulations also revoke the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 1999 (which provided for the sum residents were assumed to need from 12 April 1999) in so far as they extend to England.