S.I. No. 67/1976 - Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1976.
S.I. No. 67 of 1976. | ||
DISABLED PERSONS (MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1976. | ||
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 section 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, 1976. 2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1976. 3. 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) thereof (as substituted by article 3 of the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 221 of 1975 )) of the following sub-article:— | ||
"(4) A maintenance allowance payable in accordance with this article shall be at a rate not exceeding £9.85 per week". | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this 22nd day of March, 1976. | ||
BRENDAN CORISH, | ||
Minister for Health. | ||
The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations.Dated this 22nd day of March. 1976. | ||
RICHIE RYAN, | ||
Minister for Finance. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
The effect of these Regulations is to increase, as from the 1st April, 1976, the maximum weekly rate of maintenance allowance payable under Section 69 of the Health Act, 1970 , to nine pounds and eighty-five pence. |