2003 No. 892 (W.112)
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, WALES

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

Made
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 19481 and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales2:—

Citation, commencement and application1.

(1)

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

(2)

These Regulations apply to Wales only.

Sum needed for personal requirements2.

The sum which a local authority assumes a person to need for his or her personal requirements under section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 is £17.80 per week.

Revocation3.

The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 20023 are hereby revoked.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19984
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations set out the weekly sum which local authorities in Wales are to assume, in the absence of special circumstances, that residents in accommodation arranged under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948 will need for their personal requirements.

From 7th April 2003 all such residents will be assumed to need £17.80 per week for their personal requirements.

These Regulations supersede the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2002 which are revoked.