(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000.
(2) These Regulations extend to England only.
Specified date: 10 April 2000: see para (1) above.
These Regulations apply to England only: see para (2) above.
The sum which under section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 a local authority shall assume that a person will need for his personal requirements shall be £15.45 per week.
Specified date: 10 April 2000: see reg 1(1).
These Regulations apply to England only: see reg 1(2).
The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 1999, in so far as they extend to England, are hereby revoked.
Specified date: 10 April 2000: see reg 1(1).
These Regulations apply to England only: see reg 1(2).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Hutton
Minister of State,
Department of Health
20th March 2000
These Regulations set out the weekly sum which local authorities in England 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 10th April 2000 all residents will be assumed to need £15.45 per week for their personal requirements.
These Regulations also revoke the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 1999 (which provided for the sum residents were assumed to need from 12 April 1999) in so far as they extend to England.
