S.I. No. 290/1987 - Social Welfare (Preservation of Rights) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Preservation of Rights) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987.

2. Article 7 of the Social Welfare (Preservation of Rights) (No. 2) Regulations 1986 (

S.I. No. 422 of 1986

) is hereby amended by the substitution for sub-articles (1) of the following sub-articles—

"(1) An increase in a payment under article 6 of these Regulations shall be paid for the duration of the period of continuous entitlement to that payment or until:—

(

a

) the 4th day of January, 1988 in the case of disability benefit, maternity allowance or injury benefit

(

b

) the 6th day of January, 1988 in the case of unemployment assistance

(

c

) the 7th day of January, 1988 in the case of retirement pension, invalidity pension and unemployment benefit

(

d

) the 8th day of January, 1988 in the case of old age (contributory) pension and disablement benefit,

whichever is the shorter."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 17th day of November 1987.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 17th day of November 1987.

RAY MACSHARRY,

Minister for Finance

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide that the transitional payments being made to persons whose social welfare payments were reduced as a consequence of the revised dependency arrangements introduced under the

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985

shall continue to be made up to the week commencing 4 January 1988.

S.I. No. 290 of 1987.

SOCIAL WELFARE (PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1987

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

section 3

of the

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981

(No. 1 of 1981) and by

section 20

of the

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985

(No. 14 of 1985) hereby makes the following Regulations:—