S.I. No. 37/1974 - Social Welfare (Alteration of Rates of Contributions) Regulations, 1974.


S.I. No. 37 of 1974.

SOCIAL WELFARE (ALTERATION OF RATES OF CONTRIBUTIONS) REGULATIONS, 1974.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 and subsection (9) of section 6 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952 ) hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Alteration of Rates of Contributions) Regulations, 1974.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1974.

3. The Second Schedule to the Social Welfare Act, 1952 , as amended by the Social Welfare Act, 1973 (No. 10 of 1973) is hereby amended by—

(i) the substitution of "£1.04" for "£1.18" and "£0.98" for "£1.12" in subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1,

(ii) the substitution of "£1.23" for "£1.51" and "£1.21" for "£1.49" in subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1,

(iii) the substitution of "£0.92" for "£1.06" and "£1.09" for "£1.37" in subparagraphs (a) and (b) respectively of paragraph 2,

(iv) the substitution of "£0.78" for "£0.92" and "£1.07" for "£1.35" in subparagraphs (a) and (b) respectively of paragraph 2A (inserted by the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1966 (No. 24 of 1966)).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this

20th day of February, 1974.

BRENDAN CORISH,

Minister for Social Welfare.

In accordance with section 6 (9) of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 , a draft, sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, of these Regulations was laid before, and approved by each House of the Oireachtas. The necessary Resolutions were passed by Dáil Éireann on 12 February, 1974, and by Seanad Éireann on 13 February, 1974.