S.I. No. 397/1979 - Children Act, 1941 (Section 21) Regulations, 1979 No. 2 of 1979.

I, JOHN WILSON, Minister for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 21 of the Children Act, 1941 (No. 12 of 1941) as adapted by the Health (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1947 (S.R. & O., No. 58 of 1947), hereby with the consent of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Health, make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Children Act, 1941 (Section 21) Regulations, 1979 (No. 2 of 1979).

2. The payments to be made by local authorities to the managers of certified schools for the maintenance of such children and youthful offenders as such local authorities are liable to maintain under Section 74 of the Children Act, 1908, as amended by Section 20 of the Children Act, 1941 (No. 12 of 1941), shall, with effect from the first day of June, 1979, be £20.50 per week for each child in an industrial school and each youthful offender in a reformatory school.

3. The Children Act, 1941, (Section 21) Regulations 1979, ( S.I. No. 190 of 1979 ) are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 10th day of December, 1979.

JOHN P. WILSON,

Minister for Education.

The Minister for Health consents to the making of the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this 10th day of

December, 1979.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Health.

The Minister for Finance consents to the making of the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 10th day

of December, 1979.

SEOIRSE Ó COLLA,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The regulations prescribe the payments to be made from 1 June, 1979, by local authorities, to the managers of certified schools for the maintenance of children and youthful offenders committed to their schools.