S.I. No. 847/2004 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Qualified Child Increase) Regulations, 2004

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Qualified Child Increase) Regulations, 2004.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations, 1994 to 2004 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994 to 2004.

Commencement.

2. These Regulations come into operation

(

a

) in so far as they relate to Unemployment Benefit, on 27 January 2005, and

(

b

) in so far as they relate to Disability Benefit, Health and Safety Benefit and Injury Benefit, on 24 January, 2005.

Calculation of spouse's income for qualified child increase.

3. The Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994 (

S.I. No. 417 of 1994

) are amended in article 6F (inserted by article 2 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Qualified Child Increase) Regulations, 2004 (

S.I. No. 9 of 2004

)) by substituting “€350” for “€300”.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs this 16th day of December 2004.

SÉAMUS BRENNAN,

Minister for Social and Family Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The

Social Welfare Act 2003

provided that, with effect from the 19th January 2004, any increase for a qualified child applicable to unemployment benefit, disability benefit, injury benefit and health and safety benefit will only be payable where the weekly income of the spouse or partner of the claimant does not exceed a prescribed amount.

These regulations provide that such amount to be prescribed shall be €350 per week.

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

section 12

of the

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002

), 34(3A), 41E(3A), 45(3A) and 55(4) (all inserted by

section 11

of the

Social Welfare Act, 2003

(No. 41 of 2003)) of the

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993

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

Citation and construction.