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S.I. No. 527/2002 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations, 2002
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations 2002.
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance Regulations, 1995 to 2002 shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations, 1995 to 2002.
Commencement.
2. These Regulations come into operation on 22 November 2002.
Amendment to regulations.
3. The Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 1995 (
S.I. No. 382 of 1995
) are amended by -
(a) the substitution in sub-article 9 (2) for paragraph (g) of the following paragraph
“(g) the health board is satisfied that-
(i) the claimant is in need of accommodation and is unable to provide for it from his or her own resources,
(ii) the residence is reasonably suited to the residential and other needs of the claimant, and
(iii) the rent payable by the claimant is just and proper having regard to the nature, character and location of the residence;
and for this purpose, the appropriate maximum amount of rent in respect of which a supplement is payable for the period commencing on 22 November 2002 and ending on 31 December 2003, shall be-
(i) the amount as determined by the health board and set out in Schedule C to these Regulations in respect of such class or classes of persons referred to in column (1) of the said Schedule who are not living in shared accommodation, and
(ii) the amount as determined by the health board and notified to the Department of Social and Family Affairs on or before 13 November 2002 in respect of any other class or classes of persons,
having regard to the family circumstances and the location of the residence of such persons.”,
(b) the insertion after sub-article 9 (2) of the following sub-article
“(3) A rent supplement shall not be payable where the amount of rent exceeds the appropriate maximum amount of rent as determined under paragraph (g) of sub-article (2) .”, and
(c) the insertion after Schedule B of the following Schedule
“Schedule C
Article 9
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
Class of person
Eastern Region Health Authority Boards
Midlands Health Board
Mid-Western Health Board
North-Eastern Health Board
North-Western Health Board
South-Eastern Health Board
Western Health Board
Southern Health Board
EUR
EUR
EUR
EUR
EUR
EUR
EUR
EUR
Single person
107.00
per week
85.00
per week
85.00
per week
76.20
per week
77.00
per week
115.00
per week
115.00
per week
83.00
per week
Couple with no children
178.00
per week
115.00
per week
130.00
per week
120.70
per week
115.00
per week
130.00
per week
115.00
per week
153.00
per week
Couple with 1 child or one-parent family with 1 child
953.00
per month
140.00
per week
150.00
per week
133.40
per week
115.00
per week
130.00
per week
175.00
per week
153.00
per week
Couple with 2 children or one-parent family with 2 children
1,200
per month
160.00
per week
170.00
per week
152.40
per week
153.00
per week
170.00
per week
200.00
per week
190.00
per week
Couple with 3 children or one-parent family with 3 children
1,200
per month
160.00
per week
185.00
per week
190.50
per week
153.00
per week
170.00
per week
200.00
per week
203.00
per week
GIVEN
under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs this 22nd day of November, 2002.
MARY COUGHLAN
Minister for Social 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 this 22nd day of November, 2002.
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 continuation until 31st December 2003 of the current levels of maximum rent, as determined by the Health Boards, in respect of which rent supplement is paid. They also provide that rent supplement shall not be payable where the level of rent paid exceeds the relevant maximum level determined by the health board.
The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by
section 4
(as amended by
section 12
of the
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002
(No. 8 of 2002)),
179
(as amended by paragraph 3 of the Sixth Schedule) and
188
of the
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993
(No. 27 of 1993) hereby makes the following Regulations
Citation and construction.