S.I. No. 100/1971 - Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) (Travelling Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971.


S.I. No. 100 of 1971.

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (TRAVELLING FACILITIES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1971.

I, SEOIRSE Ó COLLA, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 5 (1) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1964 (No. 14 of 1964), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971.

(2) The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities) Regulations, 1964 ( S.I. No. 281 of 1964 ), and these Regulations may be cited together as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities) Regulations, 1964 and 1971.

(3) These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 10th day of June, 1970.

2. The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities) Regulations, 1964, are hereby amended—

(a) by the substitution of "£1. 10. 0 per day in the old currency or £1.50 per day in the new currency" for "10s. per day" in paragraph 2 (a),

(b) the insertion after paragraph 2 of the following paragraph:

"3. In these Regulations 'the old currency' and 'the new currency' have the meanings respectively assigned to them by the Decimal Currency Act, 1970 (No. 21 of 1970)", and

(c) the substitution of the following for the Schedule:

SCHEDULE

Class of Rates

Primary Rate (payable for first 15,000 miles travelled in any year commencing 1st April per mile

Secondary Rate (payable for miles travelled between 15,000 and 20,000 in any year commencing 1st April) per mile

Tertiary Rate (payable for miles travelled over 20,000 in any year commencing 1st April) per mile

old currency

new currency

old currency

new currency

old currency

new currency

d.

p

d.

p

d.

p

Class

A—Motor Cars more than 8 H.P. but less than 10 H.P. ... ... ...

9·50

3·958

7

2·917

7

2·917

"

B—Motor Cars not less than 10 H.P. but less than 12 H.P. ... ...

11·50

4·792

8

3·333

7

2·917

"

C—Motor Cars not less than 12 H.P. but less than 14 H.P ... ...

13·00

5·417

9

3·750

7

2·917

"

D—Motor Cars not less than 14 H.P. but less than 20 H.P. ... ...

13·50

5·625

10

4·167

7

2·917

"

E—Motor Cars not less than 20 H.P. but less than 26 H.P. ... ...

14·50

6·042

11

4·583

7

2·917

"

F—Motor Cars not less than 26 H.P. ... ...

15·00

6·250

12

5·000

7

2·917

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of March, 1971.

SEOIRSE Ó COLLA,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for an increase in the motor mileage rates and the day allowance payable to Members of the Oireachtas.