S.I. No. 315/1984 - Post Office Savings Bank (Interest on Deposits) Regulations, 1984.

S.I. No. 315 of 1984.

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK (INTEREST ON DEPOSITS) REGULATIONS, 1984.

I, ALAN M. DUKES, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 9 (1) of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1968 (No. 37 of 1968), hereby make the following Regulations:—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Post Office Savings Bank (Interest on Deposits) Regulations, 1984.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of December, 1984.

3. The rate of interest on a deposit within the meaning of section 14 (1) of the Finance Act, 1948 (No. 12 of 1948), is hereby prescribed as ten per cent. per annum.

4. The Post Office Savings Bank (Interest on Deposits) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 295 of 1983 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 30th day of November, 1984.

ALAN M. DUKES,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe as ten per cent. per annum the rate of interest payable on deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank as from 1 December, 1984.