S.I. No. 331/1993 - Maintenance Allowances (Increased Payment) Regulations, 1993.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Maintenance Allowances (Increased Payment) Regulations, 1993.

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, 1993 (

S.I. No. 212 of 1993

); or

(

b

) payment of a maintenance allowance under

section 69

of the

Health Act, 1970

in accordance with the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations, 1993 (

S.I. No. 211 of 1993

), as amended,

any amount so payable in respect of the week ending on the 3rd day of December, 1993 to or in respect of himself or his dependants shall be increased by a sum equal to seventy per cent of that amount or £20 whichever is the greater.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this 12th day of November 1993.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Health.

The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 12th day of November 1993.

BERTIE AHERN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these Regulations is to increase, in respect of the week ending 3rd December, 1993, 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 or £20 whichever is the greater.

S.I. No. 331 of 1993.

MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES (INCREASED PAYMENT) REGULATIONS, 1993.

The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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