
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 8 April 2024.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
2 
For the purposes of section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948, as applied by section 87(3) and (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, the amount which a local authority is to assume that a person will need for their personal requirements per week is £34.50.
3 
The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 are revoked.
MAREE TODD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
23rd January 2024