S.I. No. 309/1991 - Maintenance Allowance (Increased Payment) Regulations, 1991.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Maintenance Allowances (Increased Payment) Regulations, 1991.

2. Where a person is or becomes entitled to—

(

a

) payment under subsection (3) of

section 44

of the

Health Act, 1947

in accordance with the Infectious Diseases (Maintenance) Regulations, 1991 (

S.I. No. 199 of 1991

); or

(

b

) payment of a maintenance allowance under

section 69

of the

Health Act, 1970

in accordance with the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations, 1991 (

S.I. No. 200 of 1991

)

any amount so payable in respect of the week ending on the 6th day of December, 1991 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, 1991.

MARY O'ROURKE,

Minister for Health.

The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations.

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

15th day of December, 1991.

BERTIE AHERN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these Regulations is to increase, in respect of the week ending 6th December, 1991, 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. 309 of 1991.

MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE (INCREASED PAYMENT) REGULATIONS, 1991.

The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 5 and subsection (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