The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2003

Made13th February 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament14th February 2003

Coming into force7th April 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 19481 (as applied by section 87(3) and (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 19682) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 7th April 2003.

(2)

These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Sum needed for personal requirements2.

The sum which, under section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 as applied by section 87(3) and (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, a local authority shall assume that a person will need for his or her personal requirements per week shall be £17.50 (the previous sum was £16.803).

Revocation3.

The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 20024 are hereby revoked.

FRANCES McAVEETY

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

13th February 2003

(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 the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 or section 7 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 will need for their personal requirements.

From 7th April 2003 all residents will be assumed to need £17.50 per week for their personal requirements.

These Regulations revoke the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (which provided for the sum residents were assumed to need from 8th April 2002).