S.I. No. 71/1991 - Social Welfare (Employment of Inconsiderable Extent) (Revocation) Regulations, 1991.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Employment of Inconsiderable Extent) (Revocation) Regulations, 1991.

2. The Social Welfare (Employment of Inconsiderable Extent) Regulations, 1991 (

S.I. No. 28 of 1991

) are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare

this 30th day of March, 1991.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations revoke the Social Welfare (Employment of Inconsiderable Extent) Regulations, 1991, which had set a threshold of £40 a week for the insurability, under the Social Welfare Acts, of part-time employment. A revised threshold of £25 a week has been set by the Social Welfare (Employment of Inconsiderable Extent) (No. 2) Regulations, 1991.

S.I. No. 71 of 1991.

SOCIAL WELFARE (EMPLOYMENT OF INCONSIDERABLE EXTENT) (REVOCATION) REGULATIONS, 1991.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 and paragraph 5 of Part II of the First Schedule to the

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981

(No. 1 of 1981 ), hereby makes the following Regulations:—