S.I. No. 185/1974 - Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1974.
S.I. No. 185 of 1974. | ||
DISABLED PERSONS (MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1974. | ||
The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) and by sections 69 and 72 of the Health Act, 1970 (No. 1 of 1970), hereby makes the following Regulations:— 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1974. 2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1974. 3. Article 4 of the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 160 of 1973 ) is hereby amended by the substitution for sub-article (4) thereof of the following sub-article: | ||
"(4) A maintenance allowance payable in accordance with this article shall be at a rate not exceeding seven pounds per week." | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this 24th | ||
day of June, 1974. | ||
BRENDAN CORISH, | ||
Minister for Health. | ||
The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations. Dated this 24th day of June, 1974. | ||
RICHIE RYAN, | ||
Minister for Finance. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
The effect of these Regulations is to increase, as from the 1st July, 1974, the maximum weekly rate of maintenance allowance payable under Section 69 of the Health Act, 1970 , to seven pounds. |