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The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) (No. 3) (England) Regulations 2001

S.I. 2001/1124 · Made 21 March 2001

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NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, ENGLAND

Made 21st March 2001

Laid before Parliament 22nd March 2001

Coming into force 12th April 2001

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 22(5) of the National Assistance Act 1948f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

11/12 Geo. 6, c.29; section 22(5) of the National Assistance Act 1948 was amended by section 39(1) of and paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the Ministry of Social Security Act 1966 (c. 20), by section 35(2) of and paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 7 to the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71), by section 20 of and paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), and by section 86 of and paragraph 32 of Schedule 10 to the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
  2. 2Amendment of Schedule 4 to the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) (No. 3) (England) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 12th April 2001.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England onlyf1.

2Amendment of Schedule 4 to the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992

In Schedule 4 to the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992f1, after paragraph 20, insert the following new paragraph—

“21

Any payment which would be disregarded under paragraph 64 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations (payments under a trust established out of funds provided by the Secretary of State in respect of persons who suffered or are suffering from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease).”

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

John Hutton

Minister of State,

Department of Health

21st March 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make further amendments to the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992. Those regulations concern the assessment of the ability of a person to pay for accommodation arranged by local authorities under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948. Those regulations are amended so as to disregard payments made under a trust established out of funds provided by the Secretary of State in respect of persons suffering from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (regulation 2).