The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/370
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 6th April 1987.

(2) In these Regulations—

“ the Act ” means the National Assistance Act 1948;

“Personal Injuries Scheme”, “Service Pensions Instrument” and “1914—18 War Injuries Scheme” have the same meanings as in the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 .

Section 2 Minimum charges

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the sum below which there is in no case to be reduced the liability of a person under section 22(3) of the Act to pay for accommodation provided, or proposed to be provided, for him under Part III of the Act in premises managed by a local authority shall be £31.60 per week.

(2) Where the accommodation is provided for a child accompanied by a person over the age of 16, then in respect of the child the sum below which the liability (which, under section 22(7)(a) of the Act, is that of the person by whom the child is accompanied) is not to be reduced shall be—

(a) where the child is aged at least 11 years but under the age of 16, £15.60 per week;

(b) where the child is under the age of 11 years, £10.40 per week.

Section 3 Sum needed for personal requirements

The sum which a local authority is under section 22(4) of the Act to assume that a person needs for his personal requirements shall be £7.90 per week except that in the case of a person to whom there is payable—

(a) attendance allowance under the provisions of section 35 of the Social Security Act 1975 ; or

(b) constant attendance allowance under any Personal Injuries Scheme, Service Pensions Instrument or any 1914—18 War Injuries Scheme,

that sum shall in respect of each week the allowance is payable be increased by the amount so payable.

Section 4 Revocation

The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 1986 are hereby revoked.