S.I. No. 613/2001 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Euro) Regulations, 2001

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Euro) Regulations, 2001.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations, 1996 to 2001 shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations, 1996 to 2001.

Definitions.

2. In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations, 1996 (

S.I. No. 312 of 1996

).

Commencement.

3. These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2002.

Amendments consequential on the introduction of the euro.

4. Each provision of the Principal Regulations mentioned in

column (1) of the Schedule

to these Regulations is amended by the substitution for the amount specified in

column (2)

of that Schedule opposite the mention of the provision in that

column (1)

(whether the amount occurs once or more than once in that provision), of the amount specified in

column (3)

of that Schedule, opposite the mention of the amount specified in that

column 2

.

Schedule

Article 4.

Provision of Principal Regulations Amended.

(1)

(2)

(3)

Articles 50(1)(a), (b) and (c)

5p

5 cent

10p

10 cent

Article 50(2)

£0.01

EUR 0.01

Article 81(2)(a)(i)

£20

EUR 26

Article 82(2)(a)(i)

£20

EUR 26

Article 83(2)(a)(i)

£20

EUR 26

Article 86(2)(a)(i) (as amended by article 6(a) of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) (Amendment) (No.2) (Contribution Rates) Regulations, 2001 (

S.I. No. 134 of 2001

)).

£100

EUR 127

Article 87(2)(a)(i) (as amended by article 6(b) of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) (Amendment) (No.2) (Contribution Rates) Regulations, 2001 (

S.I. No. 134 of 2001

)).

£100

EUR 127

Article 90(1)

£30

EUR 38

Article 92

£2,500

EUR 3,174

Article 95

£30

EUR 38

GIVEN

under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, this 10th day of December, 2001.

DERMOT AHERN

Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN

under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance on this 17th day of December, 2001.

CHARLIE MC CREEVY

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations provide for the conversion of certain monetary amounts contained in the the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations, 1996 to convenient Euro amounts. This is in line with the introduction of the new Euro currency effective from the 1st January 2002.

The Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4 (as amended by

section 9

of the

Social Welfare Act, 2001

(No. 5 of 2001)), 11 (as amended by

section 28

of the

Social Welfare Act, 2001

), 12 (2) (as amended by

section 37

of the

Social Welfare Act, 2001

) 13 (as amended by

section 13

of the

Social Welfare Act, 2001

), 18 (2), 24, 24B (all as amended by

section 37

of the

Social Welfare Act, 2001

), 27 (as amended by

section 24

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1996

(No. 7 of 1996)) of the

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993

(No. 27 of 1993) and paragraph 5 of Part II and paragraph 3 of Part III of the First Schedule to the said Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:-

Citation and construction.