S.I. No. 338/1979 - Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1979.

S.I. No. 338 of 1979.

DISABLED PERSONS (MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 1979.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 5 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) and by sections 69 and 72 of the Health Act, 1970 (No. 1 of 1970 ), hereby makes the following Regulations—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1979.

2. Article 4 of the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1973 ( S.I. No. 160 of 1973 ) is hereby amended by the substitution for sub-article (4) (as substituted by article 2 of the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1979 ( S.I. No. 79 of 1979 )) of the following sub-article:—

"(4) A maintenance allowance payable in accordance with this article shall with effect from the 7th October 1979 be at a rate not exceeding £16.20 per week."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 11th day

of October, 1979.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Health.

The Minister for Finance consents to these

Regulations. Dated this 11th day of October, 1979.

SEÁN O'LOINSIGH.

Acting Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these Regulations is to increase, as from the 7th October, 1979, the maximum weekly rate of maintenance allowance payable under Section 69 of the Health Act, 1970 to sixteen pounds and twenty pence.