S.I. No. 77/1982 - Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1982.

S.I. No. 77 of 1982.

DISABLED PERSONS (MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1982.

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) Regulations, 1982.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1982.

3. The Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (S.I. No. 341 of 1981) are hereby amended as follows:—

( a ) in sub-article (3) of article 4 "£32.55" shall be substituted for "£26.05".

( b ) in sub-articles (6) and (8) of article 4 "other than supplementary welfare allowance" shall be inserted after the words "benefit or assistance" and

( c ) the following shall be substituted for Schedule 2:

Dependants for whom increases may be made in a maintenance allowance payable under Article 4	£
Spouse or other dependant over 18 ... ... ...	18.50
First dependant under 18 ... ... ... ...	6.55
Second dependant under 18 ... ... ...	7.45
Each of the next three dependants under 18 ... ...	5.80
Sixth and any subsequent dependant under 18 ...	4.65

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 30thday of March, 1982.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Health.

The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations Datedthis 30th day of March, 1982.

RAY MacSHARRY,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these regulations is to amend the scheme of maintenance allowances payable under section 69 of the Health Act, 1970 , by providing as from 1st April, 1982 for an increase in the maximum weekly rate for eligible applicants to thirty-two pounds and fifty-five pence and by providing for increases for dependants.