The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2024
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Year | 2024 |
| Citation | SSI 2024/21 |
2024 No. 21
National Assistance Services
The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2024
Made 23th January 2024
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 25th January 2024
Coming into force 8th April 2024
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(5) of the National Assistance Act 19481, as applied by section 87(3) and (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 19682, and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 8 April 2024.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
Amendment of the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992
2.—(1) The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 19923are amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) In regulation 20 (capital limit)4for “£32,750” substitute “£35,000”.
(3) In regulation 28(1) (calculation of tariff income from capital)5—
(a)
(a) in each place it appears, for “£20,250” substitute “£21,500”, and
(b)
(b) for “£32,750” substitute “£35,000”.
(4) In paragraph 28G of schedule 3 (disregard of savings credit)6—
(a)
(a) in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), in each place it appears, for “£7.70” substitute “£8.15”, and
(b)
(b) in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), in each place it appears, for “£11.45” substitute “£12.10”.
Revocations
3. The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 20237are revoked.
MAREE TODD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
23rd January 2024
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”). The 1992 Regulations concern the assessment of a person’s ability to pay for accommodation provided under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (“the 1968 Act”). By virtue of section 87(3) of the 1968 Act, accommodation provided under the 1968 Act or section 25 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is to be regarded as accommodation provided under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948.
Regulation 2(2) amends the 1992...
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