S.I. No. 227/1962 - Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1962.

S.I. No. 227 of 1962.

SOCIAL WELFARE (DISABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND MARRIAGE BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 1962.

I, CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN, Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 28 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952), and with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following Regulations :—

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1962.

(2) These Regulations, the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) Regulations, 1953 to 1960, and the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1962 ( S.I. No. 135 of 1962 ) may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) Regulations, 1953 to 1962.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 7th day of January, 1963.

3. The following Schedule shall be substituted for the First Schedule to the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 7 of 1953 ) as amended by article 3 of the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1960 ( S.I. No. 249 of 1960 ) :—

" FIRST SCHEDULE

Article 4.

Reduced Rates of Disability and Unemployment Benefit.

(1)	(2)		(3)
	Full weekly rate of benefit applicable under Part 1 of the Third Schedule to the Act as amended by the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1962 (No. 17 of 1962).
	s.	d.	s.	d.
	37	6	28	6
Number of employment contributions paid or credited in respect of the relevant contribution year.	Reduced rate at which benefit is payable
	s.	d.	s.	d.
41-47	35	0	26	6
33-40	32	6	24	6
26-32	30	0	22	6

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 19th day of December One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-two.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Minister for Social Welfare.

I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister for Finance, hereby sanction the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 21st day of December One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-two.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Consequent on the increase in the maximum rates of disability and unemployment benefit effected by the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1962, these Regulations amend the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 7 of 1953 ) for the purpose of increasing the reduced rates payable where the contribution condition in respect of the governing contribution year is only partially satisfied.