3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), from 12th April 1993 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 £12.65 per week.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person who—
(a)on 11th April 1993 is in, or temporarily absent from, accommodation provided under Part III of the Act other than that provided under section 29(4)(c) of the Act; and
(b)was in, or temporarily absent from, such accommodation immediately before these Regulations come into force.
(3) From 12th April 1993 the sum which under section 22(4) of the Act a local authority shall assume that a person to whom paragraph (2) applies will need for his personal requirements shall be £12.65 per week, except that in the case of any such person to whom there is payable—
(a)an attendance allowance by virtue of any entitlement thereto under section 64 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
(b)a constant attendance allowance under any Personal Injuries Scheme, Service Pensions Instrument or any 1914—18 War Injuries Scheme; or
(c)the care component of a disability living allowance by virtue of any entitlement thereto under section 72 of the Contributions and Benefits Act,
that sum shall be increased by the amount per week which is payable in respect of that allowance, unless that amount is disregarded in any assessment of that person’s income by virtue of regulation 15(2) of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to, the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992.