Title, commencement and application
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) and Social Care Charges (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 6 April 2015.
(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
PART 1Sums for Personal Requirements
Sums needed for personal requirements
2. The sum which a local authority is to assume a person needs for his or her personal requirements under section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 is £25.50 per week.
Revocation
3. Regulation 2 of the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Assessment of Resources) and Social Care Charges (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014(1) is revoked.
PART 2Amendments to the Social Care Charges Regulations
Amendment of the Social Care Charges (Means Assessment and Determination of Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2011
4.—(1) The Social Care Charges (Means Assessment and Determination of Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2011(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 5 (maximum reasonable charge for a service)—
(a)in paragraph (2) replace the figure of “£55.00” with the figure “£60.00”, and
(b)in paragraph (3) replace the figure of “£55.00” with the figure “£60.00”.
(3) Paragraph (2) of regulation 5 of the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Assessment of Resources) and Social Care Charges (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 is revoked.
Amendment of the Social Care Charges (Direct Payments) (Means Assessment and Determination of Reimbursement or Contribution) (Wales) Regulations 2011
5.—(1) The Social Care Charges (Direct Payments) (Means Assessment and Determination of Reimbursement or Contribution) (Wales) Regulations 2011(3) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 5 (maximum reasonable amount of a reimbursement or contribution payable)—
(a)in paragraph (1) replace the figure of “£55.00” with the figure “£60.00”, and
(b)in paragraph (2) replace the figure of “£55.00” with the figure “£60.00”.
(3) Paragraph (2) of regulation 6 of the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Assessment of Resources) and Social Care Charges (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 is revoked.
Mark Drakeford
Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
13 March 2015