# The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2005

W.S.I. 2005/663 · made 8 March 2005

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)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-wales-regulations-2005/pdf/wsi_20050663_mi.pdf

## Introductory text

NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, WALES
Made 8 March 2005
Coming into force 11 April 2005
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 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 2005 and come into force on 11 April 2005.
(2) These Regulations apply to Wales only.

## 2 Sum needed for personal requirements

The sum which a local authority assumes a person to need for his or her personal requirements under section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 is £19.10 per week.

## 3 Revocation

The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2004 are hereby revoked.

## Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
8 March 2005

## Explanatory note

(This note is not 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 11 April 2005 all such residents will be assumed to need £19.10 per week for their personal requirements.
These Regulations supersede the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2004 which are revoked and which prescribed a weekly amount of £18.40.

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