S.I. No. 188/1987 - Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987.

S.I. No. 188 of 1987.

SOCIAL WELFARE (PAY-RELATED BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1987.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Social Welfare (consolidation) Act, 1981 (No. 1 of 1981) and by section 76 (1) of that Act as amended by section 10 of the Social Welfare Act, 1987 (No. 2 of 1987) hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987.

2. In these Regulations:—

"the Principal Act" means the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 (No. 1 of 1981).

3. These Regulations shall come into operation on:

( a ) the 20th day of July, 1987 in the case of pay-related benefit to which a person is entitled by virtue of section 72 (1) (a) of the Principal Act,

( b ) the 16th day of July, 1987 in the case of pay-related benefit to which a person is entitled by virtue of section 72 (1) (b) of the Principal Act.

The Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 141 of 1979 ) are hereby amended by the substitution for article 10 of the following article,

"10. The weekly rate of pay-related benefit or the appropriate amount of such weekly rate payable in respect of a period less than a week shall be rounded up to the nearest 10p where it is a multiple of 5p but not also a multiple of 10p and shall be rounded to the nearest 10p where it is not a multiple of 5p or 10p".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 15th day of July, 1987.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide under powers given in the Social Welfare Act, 1987 that the weekly rate of pay-related benefit and payments of pay-related benefit in respect of periods less than one week shall be rounded up or down to the nearest unit of 10p.