S.I. No. 260/1976 - Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1976.
S.I. No. 260 of 1976. | ||
DISABLED PERSONS (MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) 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 sections 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) (No. 2) Regulations, 1976. 2. 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) (as substituted by article 3 of the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 67 of 1976 )) of the following sub-article:— | ||
"(4) A maintenance allowance payable in accordance with this article shall with effect from the 1st October 1976 be at a rate not exceeding £10.35 per week." | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this 16th | ||
day of November 1976. | ||
BRENDAN CORISH, | ||
Minister for Health. | ||
The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations. Dated this 16th day of November, 1976. | ||
RICHIE RYAN, | ||
Minister for Finance. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
The effect of these Regulations is to increase, as from the 1st October, 1976, the maximum weekly rate of maintenance allowance payable under Section 69 of the Health Act, 1970 , to ten pounds and thirty five pence. |