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S.I. No. 76 of 1994.

SOCIAL WELFARE (EMPLOYMENT OF INCONSIDERABLE EXTENT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1994.

The Minister for Social Welfare in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 4 and paragraph 5 of Part II of the First Schedule to the

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993

(No. 27 of 1993) hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1 Citation.

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Employment of Inconsiderable Extent) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994.

2 Commencement.

2.

These Regulations shall come into operation on the 6th day of April, 1994.

3 Increase in earnings ceiling.

3.

The Social Welfare (Employment of Inconsiderable Extent) (No. 2) Regulations, 1991 (

S.I. No. 72 of 1991

) are hereby amended by—

(

a

) the substitution in sub-article (1) of article 5 of "£30" for "£25", and

(

b

) the substitution in article 8 of "£30" for "£25".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare, this 30th day of March, 1994.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations increase, from £25 to £30, the weekly earnings ceiling below which employment is regarded as employment of inconsiderable extent (i.e. part-time employment).