National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 1992
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1992/563 |
| Year | 1992 |
1992 No. 563
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES
The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 1992
Made 9th March 1992
Laid before Parliament 12th March 1992
Coming into force 6th April 1992
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 22(3) and (4), 35(1) and 64(1) of the National Assistance Act 19481and now vested in him2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 6th April 1992.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the National Assistance Act 1948;
“Personal Injuries Scheme”, “Service Pensions Instrument” and “1914—18 War Injuries Scheme” have the same meanings as in the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 19793.
Minimum charges
2. The liability of a person under section 22(3) of the Act (minimum liability in respect of accommodation) to pay for accommodation provided or proposed to be provided for him in premises managed by a local authority shall in no case be reduced below the sum of £43.30 per week.
Sum needed for personal requirements
3. The sum which under section 22(4) of the Act a local authority shall assume that a person will need for his personal requirements shall be £10.85 per week, except that in the case of a person to whom there is payable—
(a) attendance allowance under the provisions of Section 35 of the Social Security Act 19754;
(b) constant attendance allowance under any Personal Injuries Scheme; Service Pensions Instrument or any 1914—18 War Injuries Scheme, or
(c) disability living allowance by virtue of entitlement to the care component under Section 37ZB of the Social Security Act 19755,
that sum shall be increased by the amount of the allowance for each week the allowance is payable.
Revocation
4. The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 19896and the National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Amendment Regulations 19917are hereby revoked. Extent
These Regulations do not apply to Scotland.
5. These Regulations do not apply to Scotland.
Virginia Bottomley
Minister of State,
Department of Health
9th March 1992
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations supersede, with effect from 6th April 1992 the National Assistance...
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