S.I. No. 102/1979 - Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979.
S.I. No. 102 of 1979. | ||
SOCIAL WELFARE (PAY-RELATED BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1979. | ||
The Minister for Social Welfare in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952 ) and by sections 4 (as amended by the Social Welfare Act, 1976 (No. 6 of 1976)) and 15 of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Act, 1973 (No. 2 of 1973) hereby makes the following Regulations: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979 and shall come into operation on the 2nd day of April 1979. . The Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 16 of 1974 ) are hereby amended by the substitution in article 6 of "£110" for "£50". 3. The Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 124 of 1976 ) are hereby amended by the substitution in subparagraph (c) of sub-article (1) of article 4 of "£l10" for "£50" in each case where the said sum appears. | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 30th day of March, 1979. | ||
CHARLES J. HAUGHEY, | ||
Minister for Social Welfare. | ||
The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations. | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 30th day of March, 1979. | ||
SEOIRSE Ó COLLA, | ||
Minister for Finance. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
These amendments to the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Regulations increase the maximum amount of reckonable weekly earnings on which pay-related benefit may be calculated from £50 to £110. | ||
They also vary the maximum weekly amount which may be paid to an unemployed person by way of flat-rate unemployment benefit, pay-related benefit and any income tax refund arising from the unemployment from 85% of his average net weekly earnings or £50, whichever is the lesser, to 85% of his average net weekly earning of £110, whichever is the lesser. |