The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2020
| Year | 2020 |
2020 No. 56
National Assistance Services
The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2020
Made 20th February 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 24th February 2020
Coming into force 6th April 2020
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations 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 all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 6 April 2020.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
Sum needed for personal requirements
2. For the purpose of section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948, as applied by section 87(3) and (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, the amount which a local authority shall assume that a person will need for their personal requirements per week is £28.75.
Revocation
3. The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 20193are revoked.
JEANE FREEMAN
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
20th February 2020
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe the amount which a local authority shall assume that a person will need for their personal requirements per week, in assessing the person’s liability to pay for accommodation provided under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (“the 1968 Act”) or section 25 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.
Section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 as applied by section 87(3) and (4) of the 1968 Act requires a local authority to assume in assessing a person’s liability to pay for accommodation provided under the 1968 Act or section 25 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 that the person will need for their personal requirements such sum per week as may be prescribed by regulations.
These Regulations prescribe the sum which will be £28.75 per week from 6 April 2020.
These Regulations revoke the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 which previously prescribed £27.75 as the sum persons were assumed to need for...
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