S.I. No. 207/1971 - Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971.
S.I. No. 207 of 1971. | ||
DISABLED PERSONS (MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1971. | ||
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 subsection (5) of section 50 of the Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953), hereby makes the following Regulations:— 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971. 2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1971. 3. Article 4 of the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations, 1963, ( S.I. No. 142 of 1963 ) [as substituted by article 4 of the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 188 of 1967 )] is hereby amended by the substitution for sub-article (4) thereof of the following sub-article:— | ||
" (4) A maintenance allowance payable in accordance with this article shall be at a rate not exceeding four pounds and forty new pence per week in the case of a person who has no means and in all other cases at a rate not exceeding four pounds and fifteen new pence per week." | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 1st day of July, 1971. | ||
ERSKINE CHILDERS, | ||
Minister for Health. | ||
The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations. | ||
Dated this 1st day of July, 1971. | ||
SEOIRSE Ó COLLA, | ||
Minister for Finance. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
The effect of these Regulations is to increase as from 1st April, 1971, the maximum weekly rate of maintenance allowance payable under section 50 (5) of the Health Act, 1953 , from four pounds to four pounds and forty new pence in the case of a person who has no means and in all other cases from three pounds and seventy-five new pence to four pounds and fifteen new pence. |