Paragraph 14 Amendment of the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992I1

England and Wales

(1)

The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)^f2, after the definition of “permanent resident” insert—

““personal independence payment” means personal independence payment under Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;”.

(3)

In Schedule 3 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—

(a)

in paragraph 4 after “disability living allowance” insert “or the mobility component of personal independence payment”; and

(b)

in paragraph 6—

(i)

omit “or” at the end of paragraph (a); and

(ii)

after paragraph (b) insert—

“; or
(c)
the daily living component of any personal independence payment”.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 1992/2977.
f2: The definition of “permanent resident” in relation to England was inserted by S.I. 2001/1066. There are other amendments to regulation 2(1) which are not relevant to these Regulations.