The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/307
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 10th April 1989.

(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 liability of a person under section 22(3) of the Act (rate of liability to pay for accommodation under Part III of the Act) to pay for accommodation provided, or proposed to be provided, for him in premises managed by a local authority shall in no case be reduced below the sum of £34.90 per week.

(2) Where accommodation is provided for a child accompanied by a person over the age of 16, the liability of that person under section 22(3) and (7) of the Act to pay for the accommodation of that child shall in no case be reduced below whichever of the following sums is appropriate, that is to say–

(a) in respect of a child under the age of 11, the sum of £11.75 per week;

(b) in respect of a child aged 11 years or over but under the age of 16, the sum of £17.35 per week.

Section 3 Sum needed for personal requirements

The sum which under section 22(4) of the Act a local authority shall assume that a person will need for his personal requirements shall be the sum of £8.70 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 be increased by the amount of the allowance for each week the allowance is payable.

Section 4 Revocation

The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) Regulations 1988 are hereby revoked.