S.I. No. 394/2000 - Maintenance Allowances (Increased Payment) Regulations, 2000.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Maintenance Allowances (Increased Payment) Regulations, 2000.

Rate of Payment.

2. Where a person is or becomes entitled to payment under sub-section (3) of

section 44

of the

Health Act, 1947

in accordance with the Infectious Diseases (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations, 2000 (

S.I. No. 114 of 2000

), any amount so payable in respect of the week ending 8 December, 2000 to or in respect of himself or his dependants shall be increased by a sum equal to 100 per cent of that amount of £20 whichever is the greater.

The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 4th day of December, 2000.

CHARLIE McCREEVY,

Minister for Finance.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health and Children this 4th day of December, 2000.

MICHEÁL MARTIN,

Minister for Health and Children.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

The effect of these Regulations is to increase, in respect of the week ending 8th December, 2000 the maximum weekly rate of maintenance allowance payable under

section 44

of the

Health Act, 1947

by a sum equal to one hundred per cent of that amount or £20, whichever is the greater.

The Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers vested in him by

section 5

and

section 44

(sub-section 5) of the

Health Act, 1947

, (No. 28 of 1947), as adapted by the Health (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order (

S.I. No. 308 of 1997

), hereby makes the following Regulations—

Citation.