Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements and Assessment of Resources) Amendment (England) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 6th April 2009.

(2) In these Regulations, the “Assessment Regulations” means the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992( 4 ).

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to England.

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

2. In regulation 2 of the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003( 5 ) (sum needed for personal requirements), for “£21.15” substitute “£21.90”.

Amendment of regulation 20 of the Assessment Regulations

3. In regulation 20 of the Assessment Regulations (capital limit), for “£22,250” substitute “£23,000”.

Amendment of regulation 28 of the Assessment Regulations

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

(a) for “£13,500”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “£14,000”; and

(b) for “£22,250” substitute “£23,000”.

Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Assessment Regulations

5. In Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Assessment Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), in paragraph 28H( 6 )—

(a) in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), for “£5.45”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “£5.65”; and

(b) in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), for “£8.15”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “£8.45”.