S.I. No. 164/1999 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Increase in Rates) Regulations, 1999.

The Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2 (as amended by section 19 of the Social Welfare Act, 1999 (No. 3 of 1999)), 3 (as amended by section 17 of the Social Welfare Act, 1999 ), 4, 32 (as amended by section 24 of the Social Welfare Act, 1999 ), 41B (inserted by the European Communities (Social Welfare) Regulations, 1995 ( S.I. No. 25 of 1995 ) and amended by section 24 of the Social Welfare Act, 1999 ), 43 (as amended by section 24 of the Social Welfare Act, 1999 ), 84 (as amended by section 21 of the Social Welfare Act, 1999 ), 89 (as amended by section 12 of the Social Welfare Act, 1997 (No. 10 of 1997)), 102 (as amended by section 27 of the Social Welfare Act, 1996 (No. 7 of 1996)), 111 and 245A (as amended by section 28 of the Social Welfare Act, 1997 ) of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993 (No. 27 of 1993), hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and construction.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Increase in Rates) Regulations, 1999.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations, 1994 to 1999 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations, 1994 to 1999.

Commencement.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance on the 26th day of May, 1999,

(b) in so far as it relates to unemployment benefit, on the 27th day of May, 1999,

(c) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, maternity benefit, adoptive benefit, health and safety benefit and injury benefit on the 31st day of May, 1999.

(d) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on the 2nd day of June, 1999,

(e) in so far as it relates to retirement pension, pre-retirement allowance and a relevant payment by virtue of section 18 (1) (a) of the Social Welfare Act, 1996 , on the 3rd day of June, 1999, and

(f) in so far as it relates to old age (contributory) pension, widow's and widower's (contributory) pension and unemployability supplement on the 4th day of June, 1999.

Definitions.

3. In these Regulations—

“the Principal Regulations” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 417 of 1994 );

“the Regulations of 1997” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Increase for Qualified Adult) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 492 of 1997 );

“the Regulations of 1998” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) (Increase in Rates) Regulations, 1998 ( S.I. No. 184 of 1998 ).

Interpretation.

4. In these Regulations, save where the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Schedule is to a Schedule to these Regulations.

Maternity and adoptive benefit.

5. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the substitution in article 22 (2) (as amended by article 5 of the Regulations of 1998) for “£83.70” of “£86.70”.

Reduced rates of benefit.

6. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for Schedule B (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 1,

(b) the substitution for Schedule C (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 2,

(c) the substitution for Schedule D (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 3,

(d) the substitution for Schedule E (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 4,

(e) the substitution for Schedule G (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 5,

(f) the substitution for Schedule H (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 6,

(g) the substitution for Schedule I (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 7,

(h) the substitution for Schedule J (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 8,

(i) the substitution for Schedule K (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 9,

(j) the substitution for Schedule L (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 10,

(k) the substitution for Schedule M (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 11, and

(l) the substitution for Schedule MA (as inserted by article 9 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 12.

Increase for qualified adult.

7. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution in article 6C (inserted by article 4 of the Regulations of 1997) for “or disability allowance” of “, disability allowance or farm assist”,

(b) the substitution for Schedule P (as substituted by article 8 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 13, and

(c) the substitution for Schedule Q (as substituted by article 8 of the Regulations of 1998) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 14.

SCHEDULE 1

“SCHEDULE B

Articles 18, 25B and 30

Reduced rates of disability, unemployment and health and safety benefits

”.

SCHEDULE 2

“SCHEDULE C

Article 38

Reduced rates of old age (contributory) pension where contribution conditions are partially satisfied

”.

SCHEDULE 3

“SCHEDULE D

Article 41

Special partial old age (contributory) pension

”.

SCHEDULE 4

“SCHEDULE E

Article 47

Reduced rates of retirement pension where contribution conditions are partially satisfied

”.

SCHEDULE 5

“SCHEDULE G

Article 56

Reduced rates of widow's (contributory) pension and widower's (contributory) pension where contribution conditions are partially satisfied

”.

SCHEDULE 6

“SCHEDULE H

Article 57

Special partial widow's (contributory) pension and widower's (contributory) pension

”.

SCHEDULE 7

“SCHEDULE I

Article 64

Reduced rates of deserted wife's benefit where contribution conditions are partially satisfied

”.

SCHEDULE 8

“SCHEDULE J

Article 65

Special partial deserted wife's benefit

”.

SCHEDULE 9

“SCHEDULE K

Article 66 (1) (a)

Rates of deserted wife's benefit — effect of income limit

”.

SCHEDULE 10

“SCHEDULE L

Article 66 (1) (b)

Reduced rates of deserted wife's benefit where contribution conditions are partially satisfied — effect of income limit

”.

SCHEDULE 11

“SCHEDULE M

Article 66 (1) (c)

Special partial deserted wife's benefit — effect of income limit where Claimant is under 66

”.

SCHEDULE 12

“SCHEDULE MA

Article 66 (1) (d)

Special partial deserted wife's benefit — effect of income limit where claimant is aged 66 or over

”.

SCHEDULE 13

“SCHEDULE P

Article 6C

Rates of increases for Qualified Adult

”.

SCHEDULE 14

“SCHEDULE Q

Article 18 and 30

Rates of increases for Qualified Adult, payable with reduced rates of disability and unemployment benefit

”.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The Social Welfare Act, 1999 provided for increases in the maximum rates of social insurance payments arising from the 1999 Budget, with effect from June 1999.

These Regulations provide for increases in the reduced rates of Disability Benefit, Unemployment Benefit, Health and Safety Benefit, Old Age (Contributory) Pension, Retirement Pension, Widow's and Widower's (Contributory) Pension, Deserted Wife's Benefit, and also provides for increases in the rates of tapered increases in respect of Qualified Adults. All of these increases are effective from June 1999.

The Regulations also provide for increases in the minimum weekly rate of Maternity Benefit and Adoptive Benefit with effect from June 1999.