S.I. No. 213/1972 - Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1972.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1972.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 to 1971, shall be construed together and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 to 1972.

2. In these Regulations " new penny " means a new penny in the new decimal currency provided for by the

Decimal Currency Act, 1969

(No. 23 of 1969).

3. Article 18 of the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 (

S.I. No. 14 of 1953

) (added thereto by the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 (

S.I. No. 225 of 1956

)) is hereby amended by the substitution of " new penny " for " penny " and of " half a new penny " for " a half-penny " wherever the said words respectively occur.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 31st day of August, 1972.

JOSEPH BRENNAN,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Provision was made in the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 (

S.I. No. 225 of 1956

) for the rounding up or down of fractions of a penny where such fractions arose from the application of the Overlapping Benefits Regulations. This Regulation applies the provision to the new decimal currency in similar situations.

S.I. No. 213 of 1972.

SOCIAL WELFARE (OVERLAPPING BENEFITS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1972.

The Minister for Social Welfare in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 3

and

32

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1952

(No. 11 of 1952) hereby makes the following Regulations:—