S.I. No. 92/1982 - Social Welfare (Disability Benefit and Unemployment Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1982.

S.I. No. 92 of 1982.

SOCIAL WELFARE (DISABILITY BENEFIT AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1982.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 , 19 and 30 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 (No. 1 of 1981 ), hereby makes the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Disability Benefit and Unemployment Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1982.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Disability Benefit and Unemployment Benefit) Regulations, 1953 to 1981 may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Disability Benefit and Unemployment Benefit) Regulations 1953 to 1982.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 5th day of April, 1982.

3. The following Schedule shall be substituted for the First Schedule to the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 7 of 1953 ).

"FIRST SCHEDULE

Article 4

REDUCED RATES OF DISABILITY BENEFIT AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT

(1)	(2)
	Full weekly rates of benefit applicable under Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 (No. 1 of 1981) as amended by the Social Welfare Act, 1982 (No. 2 of 1982).
	£31.65	£27.80
Number of qualifying contributions or credited contributions in respect of the relevant contribution year.	Reduced rate at which benefit is payable.
41—47	£30.50	£26.95
33—40	£29.30	£26.25
26—32	£28.30	£26.25

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare

this 2nd day of April, 1982.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 2nd day of April, 1982.

RAY MacSHARRY,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for increases in the existing statutory reduced rates of disability benefit and unemployment benefit payable where the contribution condition in respect of the governing contribution year is only partially satisfied. The new rates are payable from 5 April, 1982.