S.I. No. 311/2014 - Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Allowable Deductions) Regulations 2014.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 8th July, 2014. | ||
I, JAMES REILLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 36 (3) of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 hereby make the following Regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Allowable Deductions) Regulations 2014. | ||
2. These Regulations come into operation on 1st September, 2014. | ||
3. In these Regulations: | ||
“Act” means the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 ; | ||
“child” includes a step-child; | ||
“dependent child” means— | ||
(a) a child of the person in respect of whom the application for financial support is made, or of the partner of such person, who is under the age of 21, or | ||
(b) a child of the person in respect of whom the application for financial support is made, or of the partner of such person, who is in full-time education; | ||
“financial support” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 of the Act; | ||
“partner” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 of the Act. | ||
4. Payments made in respect of the maintenance of a dependent child are hereby prescribed as an allowable deduction within the meaning of paragraph (a)(vii) of the definition of “allowable deduction” in paragraph 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Act. | ||
5. Payments referred to in Article 4 shall not exceed— | ||
(a) the amount of Child Benefit plus the full rate of the Increase for a Qualified Child, and | ||
(b) childcare costs, where relevant, | ||
in a calendar month. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
3 July 2014. | ||
JAMES REILLY, | ||
Minister for Health. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Statutory Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
The effect of these Regulations is to expand paragraph (a) of the definition of “allowable deduction” to include payments made in respect of the maintenance of a dependent child. |