Amendment of Regulations

2.  The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 1989(1) are amended as follows:—

(a) in regulation 2(1) (minimum rate of liability to pay for accommodation) for “£37.50” there is substituted “£41.60”;

(b) in regulation 2(2) (minimum rate of liability to pay for accommodation of a child)—

(i) for “£12.35” (child under 11) there is substituted “£13.35”; and

(ii) for “£18.25” (child 11 or over but under 16) there is substituted “£19.75”;

(c) in regulation 3 (sum needed for personal requirements) for “£9.40” there is substituted “£10.40”;

(d) after regulation 4 there is added the following regulation:—

“Extent

5.   These Regulations do not apply to Scotland.”.

(1)

S.I. 1989/307, amended by S.I. 1990/498.