Citation, commencement and application
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 8th April 2002.
(2) These Regulations shall apply to Wales only.
Sum needed for personal requirements
2. The sum which under section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 a local authority shall assume that a person will need for that person’s personal requirements shall be £16.80 per week.
Revocation
3. The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2001(1) are hereby revoked.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(2)
J.E.Randerson
Minister for Culture, Sport and Welsh Language
22nd March 2002