LegalizeS.I. No. 313/1995 - Maintenance Allowances (Increased Payment) Regulations, 1995
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1 amending act · 1996-04-03, SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1996
S.I. No. 313 of 1995.
MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES (INCREASED PAYMENT) REGULATIONS, 1995.
The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 and subsection (5) of section 44 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) and sections 69 and 72 of the Health Act, 1970 (No. 1 of 1970) hereby makes the following Regulations:
1 Citation.
1.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Maintenance Allowances (Increased Payment) Regulations, 1995.
2 Rate of Payment.
2.
2. Where a person is or becomes entitled to—
( a ) payment under subsection (3) of section 44 of the Health Act, 1947 in accordance with the Infectious Diseases (Maintenance) Regulations, 1995 ( S.I. No. 140 of 1995 ); or
( b ) payment of a maintenance allowance under section 69 of the Health Act, 1970 in accordance with the Disabled Persons Maintenance Allowances Regulations, 1995 ( S.I. No. 141 of 1995 ),
any amount so payable in respect of the week commencing on 4th December, 1995 to or in respect of himself or his dependants shall be increased by a sum equal to seventy per cent of that amount or £20 whichever is the greater.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this 30th
day of November, 1995.
MICHAEL NOONAN,
Minister for Health.
The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 30th
day of November, 1995.
RUAIRÍ QUINN,
Minister for Finance.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
The effect of these Regulations is to increase, in respect of the week commencing 4th December, 1995, the maximum weekly rate of maintenance allowance payable under section 44 of the Health Act, 1947 and section 69 of the Health Act, 1970 , by a sum equal to seventy per cent of that amount or £20, whichever is the greater.
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