S.I. No. 71/1986 - Health Contributions (Yearly Reckonable Income) (Variation) Regulations, 1986
S.I. No. 71 of 1986. | ||
HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS (YEARLY RECKONABLE INCOME) (VARIATION) REGULATIONS, 1986 | ||
The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sub-section (3) of section 9 of the Health Contributions Act, 1979 (No. 4 of 1979) hereby makes the following Regulations as respects which, pursuant to sub-section (5) of the said section, a draft has been approved by a resolution of each House of the Oireachtas. 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Contributions (Yearly Reckonable Income) (Variation) Regulations, 1986. 2. The sum specified in sections 5 (2), 6 (2) and 8 of the Health Contributions Act, 1979 , is hereby varied with effect from the 6th day of April, 1986, to the sum of £14,000. | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 24th | ||
day of March, 1986. | ||
BARRY DESMOND, | ||
Minister for Health. | ||
The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the above Regulations. | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this | ||
24th day of March, 1986. | ||
JOHN BRUTON, | ||
Minister for Finance. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
Section 9 (3) of the Health Contributions Act, 1979 , provides that the Minister for Health may by regulation vary the ceiling amount specified in sections 5 (2), 6 (2) and 8 of the Act. The present income ceiling is £13,000 and it is now varied by these regulations to £14,000. The changed income ceiling is operative from the beginning of the contribution year commencing on 6th April, 1986. |