S.I. No. 236/1962 - Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1962.

S.I. No. 236 of 1962.

SOCIAL WELFARE (OVERLAPPING BENEFITS) (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 32 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952), hereby make the following Regulations :—

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1962.

(2) These Regulations, the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 to 1961, and the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1962 ( S.I. No. 138 of 1962 ) may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 to 1962.

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

3. Article 14 of the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 14 of 1953 ) is hereby amended by the substitution in sub-article (4) as amended by article 12 of the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1960 ( S.I. No. 278 of 1960 ) for the words " one hundred and thirty-five " of the words "one hundred and fifty."

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 31st day of December One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-two.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Consequent on the increase, as from the 7th January, 1963, in the rates of disability benefit effected by the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1962, these Regulations amend the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 14 of 1953 ) for the purpose of increasing from £135 to £150, as from the same date, the limit of accrued disability benefit payable to a person on his discharge from hospital or to his estate on death.