S.I. No. 615/2001 - Social Welfare (Liable Relative) (Amendment) (Euro) Regulations, 2001

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Liable Relative) (Amendment) (Euro) Regulations, 2001.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Liable Relative) Regulations, 1999 to 2000 shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Liable Relative) Regulations, 1999 to 2001.

Commencement.

2. These Regulations come into operation on 1 January, 2002.

Amendments consequential on the introduction of the euro.

3. The Social Welfare (Liable Relative) Regulations, 1999 (

S.I. No. 138 of 1999

) are amended by -

(a) the substitution in article 5(1) for “£1” of “EUR 1” and for “50p” of “50 cent” in each place where those amounts occur, and

(b) the substitution in article 5(2) for “£2” of “EUR 2.50”.

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.

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 Liable Relative Regulations, 1999, to convenient Euro amounts. This is in line with the conversion to the new Euro currency with effect from 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)) and 286 (1A) (inserted by

section 29

(3) of the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

(No. 10 of 1997)) of the

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993

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

Citation and construction.