S.I. No. 320/1989 - Maintenance Allowances (Increased Payment) Regulations 1989.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Maintenance Allowances (Increased Payment) Regulations 1989.

2. Where a person is or becomes entitled to—

(

a

) payment under sub-section (3) of

section 44

of the

Health Act, 1947

in accordance with the Infectious Diseases (Maintenance) Regulations, 1989 (

S.I. No. 192 of 1989

); or

(

b

) payment of a maintenance allowance under

section 69

of the

Health Act 1970

in accordance with the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowance) Regulations, 1984 and 1989;

any amount so payable in respect of the week ending on the 8th day of December, 1989 to or in respect of himself or his dependants shall be increased by a sum equal to seventy per cent of that amount.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this

5th day of December, 1989.

RORY O'HANLON,

Minister for Health.

The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 5th

day of December, 1989.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these Regulations is to increase, in respect of the week ending 8th December 1989, the maximum weekly rate of maintenance allowances payable under

section 44

of the

Health Act 1947

and

section 69

of the

Health Act 1970

, by a sum equal to seventy per cent of that amount.

S.I. No. 320 of 1989.

MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES (INCREASED PAYMENT) REGULATIONS 1989.

The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 and sub-section (5) of

section 44

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