S.I. No. 133/1981 - Vocational Education Committees (Allowances To Members) (Amendment) Rules, 1981.

1. These Rules may be cited as the Vocational Education Committees (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Rules, 1981.

2. These Rules shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1980.

3. The amount of an allowance payable under paragraph (

a

) of subsection (4) of section 6 of the Act of 1947 by a county committee to a member of the county committee or of an approved sub-committee of the county committee shall be:—

(

a

) seven pounds ten new pence in the case of a continuous period of not less than three hours but less than seven hours

(

b

) nine pounds eighty new pence in the case of a continuous period of not less than seven hours.

4. Where a resolution under clause (ii) of paragraph (

d

) (inserted by

section 5

of the

Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1962

(No. 28 of 1962)) of subsection 4 of section 6 of the Act of 1947 is in force in relation to a county committee or an approved sub-committee of the county committee, the amount of the allowance which the county committee shall pay to a member of the county committee or approved sub-committee who:—

(

a

) attended a meeting of the county committee or approved sub-committee at a place less than five miles by any route from his residence, and

(

b

) was obliged by reason of such attendance to remain away from his home for a continuous period of not less than three hours

shall be an amount not exceeding ten pounds.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of April, 1981.

JOHN P. WILSON, T. D.,

Minister for Education.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These rules govern the payment of allowances to members of county vocational education committees and of approved sub-committees of such county committees in respect of their attendance at meetings of the county committees or approved sub-committees.

S.I. No. 133 of 1981.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEES (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1981.

I, JOHN P. WILSON, Minister for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 6

(4) of the

Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1947

(No. 1 of 1947), as amended by

section 5

of the

Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1962

(No. 28 of 1962), hereby make the following Rules