S.I. No. 120/1985 - Post Office Savings Bank (Interest on Deposits) Regulations, 1985.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Post Office Savings Bank (Interest on Deposits) Regulations, 1985.

2. These Regulations shall some into operation on the 1st day of May, 1985.

3. The rate of interest on a deposit within the meaning of

section 14

(l) of the

Finance Act, 1948

(No. 12 of 1948) is hereby prescribed as 8.75 per cent. per annum.

4. The Post Office Savings Bank (Interest on Deposits) Regulations, 1984 (

S.I. No. 315 of 1984

), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 25th day of April, 1985.

ALAN M. DUKES,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations prescribe as 8.75 per cent. per annum the rate of interest payable on deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank as from 1 May, 1985.

S.I. No. 120 of 1985.

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK (INTEREST ON DEPOSITS) REGULATIONS, 1985.

I, ALAN M. DUKES, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 9

(l) of the

Finance (No. 2) Act, 1968

(No. 37 of 1968), hereby make the following Regulations