S.I. No. 16/1990 - Post Office Savings Bank (Interest on Deposits) Regulations, 1990.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Post Office Savings Bank (Interest on Deposits) Regulations, 1990.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 21st day of January, 1990.

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

section 14

(1) of the

Finance Act, 1948

(No. 12 of 1948), is hereby prescribed as 7.75 per cent. per annum.

4. The Post Office Savings Bank (Interest on Deposits) (No. 3) Regulations, 1989 (

S.I. No. 273 of 1989

), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 18th day of January, 1990.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations prescribe as 7.75 per cent. per annum the rate of interest payable on deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank as from 21 January, 1990.

S.I. No. 16 of 1990.

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK (INTEREST ON DEPOSITS) REGULATIONS, 1990.

I, ALBERT REYNOLDS, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 9

(1) of the

Finance (No. 2) Act, 1968

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