The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2004

Amendments to Schedule 3 of the Principal Regulations (Sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)

3.  After paragraph 28I of Schedule 3 of the Principal Regulations insert the following paragraph—

“28J.   Any payment made to the resident under section 63(6)(b) of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (“the 1968 Act”)(1) (travelling and other allowances to persons availing themselves of instruction) for the purpose of meeting child care costs where the instruction is provided pursuant to —

(a) section 63(1)(a) of the 1968 Act; or

(b) section 63(1)(b) of the 1968 Act and where the resident is employed, or has it in contemplation to be employed, in an activity involved in or connected with a service which must or may be provided or secured as part of the health service.”.

(1)

1968 c. 46. Section 63(6) provides for the Minister to pay fees and make grants in relation to the training of those employed or contemplating employment in the National Health Service and subsection (6)(b) allows the payment of travelling and other allowances to those receiving instruction. The powers of the Minister under the Act are devolved to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).