S.I. No. 54/1978 - Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1978.
S.I. No. 54 of 1978. | ||
DISABLED PERSONS (MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1978. | ||
The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) and by sections 69 and 72 of the Health Act, 1970 (No. 1 of 1970), hereby makes the following Regulations:— 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1978. 2. Article 4 of the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 160 of 1973 ) is hereby amended by the substitution for sub-article (4) (as substituted by article 2 of the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 314 of 1977 ) of the following sub-article— | ||
"(4) A maintenance allowance payable in accordance with this article shall with effect from the 1st April 1978 be at a rate not exceeding £13.10 per week". | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this 3rd | ||
day of March, 1978. | ||
CHARLES J. HAUGHEY, | ||
Minister for Health. | ||
The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations. | ||
Dated this 3rd day of March, 1978. | ||
SEOIRSE Ó COLLA, | ||
Minister for Finance. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
The effect of these Regulations is to increase, as from the 1st April, 1978, the maximum weekly rate of maintenance allowance payable under Section 69 of the Health Act, 1970 , to thirteen pounds and ten pence. |