S.I. No. 375/1988 - Social Welfare (Preservation of Rights) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Preservation of Rights) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988.

2. The Social Welfare (Preservation of Rights) (No. 2) Regulations, 1986 (

S.I. No. 422 of 1986

) are hereby amended by the substitution for sub-article (1A) of article 7 (as inserted by the Social Welfare (Preservation of Rights) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 (

S.I. No. 63 of 1988

)) of the following sub-article:—

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

(

a

) the 27th day of March, 1989 in the case of disability benefit, maternity allowance, injury benefit,

(

b

) the 29th day of March, 1989 in the case of unemployment assistance,

(

c

) the 30th day of March, 1989 in the case of retirement pension, invalidity pension and unemployment benefit,

(

d

) the 31st day of March, 1989 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

30th day of December, 1988.

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 30th day of 1988.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

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 27 March, 1989.

S.I. No. 375 of 1988.

SOCIAL WELFARE (PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS) (No. 2) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1988.

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 section 20 of the Social Welfare (No; 2) Act, 1985 (No. 14 of 1985), hereby makes the following Regulations:—