S.I. No. 123/2000 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Family Income Supplement) Regulations, 2000

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Family Income Supplement) Regulations, 2000.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations, 1994 to 2000 shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations, 1994 to 2000.

Commencement.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 4 May, 2000.

Family income supplement-minimum payment.

3. Article 98 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations, 1994 (

S.I. No. 417 of 1994

) is hereby amended by the substitution for “£5” of “ £10”.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, this 18th day of April, 2000.

DERMOT AHERN,

Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations provide for an increase in the minimum weekly payment of Family Income Supplement from £5 to £10.

The Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 4

and

199

(2) of the

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993

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

Citation and construction.