{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-wales-regulations-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-wales-regulations-2001/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2001/1408",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-wales-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, WALES\nMade 4th April 2001\nComing into force 9th April 2001\nThe 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:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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, and 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The functions of the Secretary of State under section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/1408/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:17:13.997534+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}