S.I. No. 261/1976 - Infectious Diseases (Maintenance) (No. 2) Regulations, 1976.
S.I. No. 261 of 1976. | ||||||||||||||||||||
INFECTIOUS DISEASES (MAINTENANCE) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 1976. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers vested in him by section 5 and subsection (5) of section 44 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947), hereby makes the following Regulations:— 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Infectious Diseases (Maintenance) (No. 2) Regulations, 1976. 2. The Infectious Diseases (Maintenance) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 68 of 1976 ) are hereby revoked. 3. In these Regulations— | ||||||||||||||||||||
"the Act" means the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947); | ||||||||||||||||||||
"outgoings" means the rent, ground rent, rates and purchase annuity payable in respect of premises and mortgage repayments relating to the purchase of premises; | ||||||||||||||||||||
"receiving in-patient services" means receiving in-patient services made available under the Health Act, 1970 (No. 1 of 1970); | ||||||||||||||||||||
"person" means a person to whom section 44 of the Act applies by virtue of subsection (1) of that section, and | ||||||||||||||||||||
"the payment" means the payment to be made under subsection (3) of section 44 of the Act to or in respect of a person or his dependants. 4. (1) The payment shall, with effect from the 1st day of October, 1976, be a weekly payment not exceeding | ||||||||||||||||||||
( a ) the sum specified in Part One of the Schedule hereto which is appropriate to the person, and | ||||||||||||||||||||
( b ) such of the increases specified in Part Two of the said Schedule as are appropriate. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Where a married woman whose husband is unable to make proper provision for the care of their family is undergoing treatment for an infectious disease to the satisfaction of a medical officer of the health board in whose functional area she resides and a helper is employed with the approval of the health board to take care of such family, the said payment shall not exceed five pounds and seventy pence per week. | ||||||||||||||||||||
SCHEDULE. | ||||||||||||||||||||
PART ONE. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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SCHEDULE. | ||||||||||||||||||||
PART TWO | ||||||||||||||||||||
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 16th | ||||||||||||||||||||
day of November, 1976. | ||||||||||||||||||||
BRENDAN CORISH, | ||||||||||||||||||||
Minister for Health. | ||||||||||||||||||||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The effect of these Regulations is to amend the existing Regulations governing the payment of maintenance allowances to persons being treated for certain infectious diseases—the Infectious Diseases (Maintenance) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 68 of 1976 )—to provide as from 1st October, 1976, for increases in the maximum rates of allowance payable. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The infectious diseases for which maintenance allowances are payable are acute anterior poliomyelitis,diphtheria, dysentery, lassa fever, paratyphoid A, paratyphoid B, rabies, salmonellainfection, scarlet fever,streptococcal sore throat,tuberculosis,andtyphus fever |