2021 No. 115
National Assistance Services

The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources and Sums for Personal Requirements) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2021

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(4) and (5) of the National Assistance Act 19481, as applied by section 87(3) and (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 19682, and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources and Sums for Personal Requirements) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 5 April 2021.

(2)

These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 20212.

(1)

The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 20213 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1(1) (citation, commencement, interpretation and extent), for “6 April 2021” substitute “12 April 2021”.

Amendment of the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 20213.

(1)

The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 20214, are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1(1) (citation, commencement and extent), for “6 April 2021” substitute “12 April 2021”.

CLARE HAUGHEY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (“the Assessment Regulations”) and the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (“the Personal Requirements Regulations”) which concern various monetary limits and amounts associated with the assessment of a person’s liability to pay for accommodation provided under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.

Regulation 2 substitutes the coming into force date of 6 April 2021 in the Assessment Regulations for 12 April 2021.

Regulation 3 substitutes the coming into force date of 6 April 2021 in the Personal Requirements Regulations for 12 April 2021.

No Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations on the basis that there is no foreseeable impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies.