S.I. No. 156/1972 - Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) (Travelling Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations, 1972


S.I. No. 156 of 1972.

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (TRAVELLING FACILITIES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1972

I, SEOIRSE Ó COLLA, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 5 (1) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1964 (No. 14 of 1964), hereby make the following regulations :

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations, 1972.

(2) The Oireachtas (Allowance to Members) (Travelling Facilities) Regulations, 1964 and 1971, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities) Regulations, 1964 to 1972.

2. The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities) Regulations, 1964 ( S.I. No. 281 of 1964 ), as amended by the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 100 of 1971 ), are hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution of " £3 per day " for " £1.10.0 per day in the old currency or " £1.50 per day in the new currency " in Regulation 2 (a),

(b) the substitution of the following for the Schedule :

" SCHEDULE

Class of Rates

Primary Rate (payable for first 15,000 miles travelled in any year commencing 1st April)

Secondary Rate (payable for miles travelled between 15,000 and 20,000 in any year commencing 1st April)

Tertiary Rate (payable for miles travelled over 20,000 in any year commencing 1st April)

per mile

per mile

per mile

p

p

p

Class A—Motor Cars more than 8 H.P. but less than 10 H.P.

4·948

3·646

3·646

Class B—Motor Cars not less than 10 H.P. but less than 12 H.P.

5·990

4·166

3·646

Class C—Motor Cars not less than 12 H.P. but less than 14 H.P.

6·771

4·688

3·646

Class D—Motor Cars not less than 14 H.P. but less than 20 H.P.

7·031

5·209

3·646

Class E—Motor Cars not less than 20 H.P. but less than 26 H.P.

7·552

5·729

3·646

Class F—Motor Cars not less than 26 H.P.

7·813

6·250

3·646

"

3. (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, these Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1972.

(2) The amendment specified in paragraph (a) of regulation 2 of these Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of March, 1972.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of June, 1972.

SEOIRSE Ó COLLA,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations provide for an increase in the motor mileage rates and the day allowance payable to Members of the Oireachtas.