
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
2 
The sum which under section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 a local authority shall assume that a person will need for his personal requirements per week shall be £15.45 (the previous sum was £14.75).
3 
The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 1999, in so far as they extend to Scotland, are hereby revoked.
IAIN GRAY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
16th March 2000