# The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2001

W.S.I. 2001/1408 · made 4 April 2001

These Regulations set out the weekly sum which local authorities in Wales 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.

Made under: 1948 c. 29 (Section 22)

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## Introductory text

NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, WALES
Made 4th April 2001
Coming into force 9th April 2001
The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 and of all other powers enabling the Secretary of State in that behalf, and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales:—

## 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 9th April 2001.
(2) These Regulations shall apply to Wales only.

## 2 Sum 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 that person’s personal requirements shall be £16.05 per week.

## 3 Revocation

The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2000 are hereby revoked.

## Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998.
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales
4th April 2001

## Explanatory note

(This note does not form part of the Regulations)
These Regulations set out the weekly sum which local authorities in Wales 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 9th April 2001 all such residents will be assumed to need £16.05 per week for their personal requirements.
These Regulations supersede the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2000 (which provided for the sum residents were assumed to need from 10th April 2000) which are revoked.

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