The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements and Assessment of Resources) Amendment (England) Regulations 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/725
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements and Assessment of Resources) Amendment (England) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 9th April 2007.

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

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 2 of the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003

In regulation 2 (sum needed for personal requirements) of the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003 , for “£19.60” substitute “£20.45”.

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 20 of the Assessment Regulations

In regulation 20 (capital limit) of the Assessment Regulations, for “£21,000 prescribed for the purposes of section 134(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (exclusions from benefit)”, substitute “£21,500”.

Section 4 Amendment of regulation 28 of the Assessment Regulations

In regulation 28(1) (calculation of tariff income from capital) of the Assessment Regulations—

(a) for “£12,750”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “£13,000”; and

(b) for “£21,000” substitute “£21,500”.

Section 5 Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Assessment Regulations

In paragraph 28H of Schedule 3 to the Assessment Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—

(a) in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), for “£5.05”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “£5.25”; and

(b) in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), for “£7.50”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “£7.85”.