http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/80/note/madeThe National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2000CareHealth care services and specialismsKing's Printer for Scotland2011-07-04NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES These Regulations set out the weekly sum which local authorities in Scotland are to assume, in the absence of special circumstances, that residents in accommodation arranged under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948, the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 or section 7 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 will need for their personal requirements. (This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations set out the weekly sum which local authorities in Scotland are to assume, in the absence of special circumstances, that residents in accommodation arranged under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948, the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 or section 7 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 will need for their personal requirements.

From 10th April 2000 all residents will be assumed to need £15.45 per week for their personal requirements.

These Regulations supersede in Scotland the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 1999 (which provided for the sum residents were assumed to need from 12th April 1999) which are revoked in so far as they extend to Scotland.