The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2005
Citation, commencement, interpretation and application1.
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These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2005.
(2)
These Regulations come into force on 6 December 2005.
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These Regulations apply to Wales.
Amendments to Schedule 4 of the Principal Regulations (Capital to be disregarded)2.
“28.
Any payment made to the resident under regulations made under section 7 of the Age-Related Payments Act 20044 (power to provide future payments).”
These Regulations make further amendments to the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992 (“the Principal Regulations”).
The Principal Regulations determine the way that local authorities assess the ability of a person to pay for the accommodation which local authorities arrange under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948.
Regulation 2 amends the Principal Regulations to allow for certain age-related payments made under section 7 of the Age-Related Payments Act 2004 to be disregarded as capital by local authorities.