S.I. No. 407/1981 - Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1981.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1981.

2. Where a person is or becomes entitled to payment of a maintenance allowance under

section 69

of the

Health Act, 1970

in accordance with article 4 of the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1981 (

S.I. No. 341 of 1981

) in respect of the week commencing on the 6th day of December, 1981, any amount payable to him by way of such allowance for that week shall be increased by a sum equal to that amount.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 25th day of November, 1981.

EILEEN DESMOND,

Minister for Health.

The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations. Dated this 25 day of November, 1981.

JOHN BRUTON,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(

This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.

)

The effect of these Regulations is to increase, in respect of the week commencing 6th December, 1981 the maximum weekly rate of maintenance allowance payable under

Section 69

of the

Health Act, 1970

, by a sum equal to that amount.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by

section 5

of the

Health Act, 1947

(No. 28 of 1947) and by

sections 69

and

72

of the

Health Act, 1970

(No. 1 of 1970), hereby makes the following Regulations—