S.I. No. 581/2008 - Infectious Diseases (Maintenance Allowance) Regulations, 2009
INFECTIOUS DISEASES (MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE) REGULATIONS, 2009 | ||||||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||||||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th January, 2009. | ||||||
The Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers vested in her by Section 5 and Section 44 (5) of the Health Act 1947 , (No. 28 of 1947), as adapted by the Health (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order (S.I. 308 of 1997), hereby makes the following regulations— | ||||||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Infectious Diseases (Maintenance Allowance) Regulations, 2009. | ||||||
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January 2009. | ||||||
3. The Infectious Diseases (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations, 2008 ( S.I. No. 836 of 2007 ) are hereby revoked. | ||||||
4. In these Regulations— | ||||||
“Person” means a person to whom Section 44 of the Health Act 1947 applies by virtue of sub-section (1) of that Section. | ||||||
5. The payment to be made under sub-section (3) of Section 44 of the Health Act 1947 to or in respect of a person or his/her dependants shall be a weekly payment not exceeding— | ||||||
(a) the sum specified in Part One of the Schedule hereto which is appropriate to the person, and | ||||||
(b) such of the increases specified in Part Two of the said Schedule as are appropriate. | ||||||
SCHEDULE | ||||||
PART ONE | ||||||
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PART TWO | ||||||
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health and Children, | ||||||
19 December 2008 | ||||||
MARY HARNEY, T.D. | ||||||
Minister for Health and Children. | ||||||
The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations. | ||||||
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, | ||||||
18 December 2008 | ||||||
BRIAN LENIHAN, T.D. | ||||||
Minister for Finance. | ||||||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||||||
(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||||||
The effect of these Regulations is to provide as from 1st January 2009, for increases in the maximum rates of maintenance allowances payable to persons being treated for certain infectious diseases. | ||||||
The infectious diseases for which maintenance allowances are payable are acute anterior poliomyelitis, diphtheria, dysentery, salmonellosis, tuberculosis, typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, typhus and viral haemorrhagic diseases (including Lassa fever and Marburg disease). |
