The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/497
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 6th April 1998.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 25 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 25 of the principal Regulations (notional capital)—

(a) after paragraph (1)(b), there shall be added the following—

or

(c) any sum to which paragraph 44(a) or 45(a) of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations (disregard of compensation for personal injuries which is administered by the Court) refers.

(b) in paragraph (3)(a), for the words “regulation 51(2)” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 51(2)(c)”.

Section 3 Amendment of Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations

At the end of Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations (capital to be disregarded) there shall be added the following paragraph—

(19) Any amount which would be disregarded under paragraph 44(a) or 45(a) of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations (compensation for personal injuries which is administered by the Court).