S.I. No. 83/1980 - Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) (Amendment) Regulations, 1980.

S.I. No. 83 of 1980.

SOCIAL WELFARE (OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1980.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952) and by sections 1 , 8 , 9 and 13 of the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966 (No. 16 of 1966), hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) (Amendment) Regulations, 1980.

(2) The Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Regulations, 1967 to 1979, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Regulations, 1967 to 1980.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 7th day of April, 1980.

3. In these Regulations—

"the Principal Regulations" means the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 77 of 1967 );

"the Regulations of 1979" means the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 326 of 1979 ).

4. Article 4 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended—

( a ) by the substitution in sub-article (2) (a) of "£22.30" for "£18.60" (inserted by the Regulations of 1979), and

( b ) by the substitution in sub-article (2) (b) of "£10.15" for "£8.45" (inserted by the Regulations of 1979).

5. Article 9 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended—

( a ) by the substitution in sub-article (a) of "£11.75", "£5.90" and "£17.65", respectively, for "£9.40", "£4.70" and "£14.10" (inserted by the Regulations of 1979), and

( b ) by the substitution in sub-article (b) of "£23.50" for "£18.80" (inserted by the Regulations of 1979).

6. (1) The Second Schedule to the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution, for the scale (inserted by the Regulations of 1979) set out in that Schedule, of the scale set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) The weekly rate of pension specified in column (3) of the scale set out in the Schedule to these Regulations shall have effect on and from the 7th day of April, 1980, whether the period taken into account by the assessment began on, before or after that date.

7. Notwithstanding article 6 of these Regulations, the amount of a disablement gratuity payable by virtue of that article shall be payable only where the period taken into account by the assessment of the degree of disablement begins on or after the 7th day of April, 1980.

SCHEDULE

Scale of Disablement Gratuities and of Weekly Rates of Pension in lieu of Disablement Gratuities

Degree of Disablement (1)	Amount of Gratuity (2)	Weekly rate of Pension (3)
	£	£
1 per cent	204	.30
2 per cent	306	.59
3 per cent	408	.89
4 per cent	510	1.18
5 per cent	612	1.47
6 per cent	714	1.77
7 per cent	816	2.06
8 per cent	918	2.36
9 per cent	1,020	2.65
10 per cent	1,122	2.94
11 per cent	1,224	3.24
12 per cent	1,326	3.53
13 per cent	1,428	3.83
14 per cent	1,530	4.12
15 per cent	1,632	4.41
16 per cent	1,734	4.71
17 per cent	1,836	5.00
18 per cent	1,938	5.30
19 per cent	2,040	5.59

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social

Welfare this 25th day of March, 1980.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Regulations amend the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 77 of 1967 ) by increasing the rates of injury benefit payable to persons under age sixteen, increasing the amount of disablement gratuities which are appropriate to degrees of disablement below 20%, the weekly rate of pension which may be substituted therefor and also by increasing the rates of constant attendance allowance. The new rates are payable from appropriate dates in April 1980.