S.I. No. 244/1972 - Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1972.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1972.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) Regulations, 1953 to 1971, may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) Regulations, 1953 to 1972.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 2nd October 1972.

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 3 of the Social Welfare (Disability, Unemployment and Marriage Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 (

S.I. No. 249 of 1971

):—

"FIRST SCHEDULE.

Article 4.

REDUCED RATES OF DISABILITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT.

(1)

(2)

(3)

Full weekly rate of benefit applicable under Part I of the Third Schedule to the Act as amended by the

Social Welfare Act, 1972

(No. 15 of 1972).

£5·55

£4·35

Number of employment contributions paid or credited in respect of the relevant contribution year.

Reduced rate at which benefit is payable.

41-47

£5·15

£4·05

33-40

£4·75

£3·80

26-32

£4·40

£3·55

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this

28th day of September 1972.

JOSEPH BRENNAN,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this

28th day of September, 1972.

JOHN LYNCH,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Consequent on the increase in the maximum rates of disability and unemployment benefit effected by the

Social Welfare Act, 1972

, 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 of benefit payable where the contribution condition in respect of the governing contribution year is only partially satisfied.

S.I. No. 244 of 1972.

SOCIAL WELFARE (DISABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND MARRIAGE BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1972.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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 makes the following Regulations:—