S.I. No. 249/1960 - Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1960.

S.I. No. 249 of 1960.

SOCIAL WELFARE (DISABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND MARRIAGE BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1960.

I, SEÁN MacENTEE, 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) Regulations, 1960.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) Regulations, 1953 to 1956 may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) Regulations, 1953 to 1960.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 2nd day of January, 1961.

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 5 of the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 226 of 1956 ):

"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 (Amendment) Act, 1960 (No. 25 of 1960).
	s. d.	s. d.
	32 6	24 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 ... ... ... ...	30 0	22 6
33—40 ... ... ... ...	27 6	20 6
26—32 ... ... ... ...	25 0	18 6

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 9th day of December, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty.

SÉAN MacENTEE.

Minister for Social Welfare.

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

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 9th day of December, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty.

SÉAMAS O RIAIN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Consequent on the increase in the maximum rates of disability and unemployment benefit effected by the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1960 , 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.