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S.I. No. 202/2023 - Assisted decision-making (Capacity) Act 2015 (Fees) Regulations 2023
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
1. The income threshold referred to in Regulation 3(a) is the “at risk of poverty” threshold calculated by the Central Statistics Office and published in its “Survey on Income and Living Conditions” from time to time.
2. In order to calculate the equivalised disposable household income of the person liable to pay the fee, the total household income of that person is divided by the total household value.
3. Total household income includes
(a) the net income of the applicant;
(b) the net income of the applicant’s civil partner, spouse or cohabitant.
4. Total household income does not include
(a) the income of persons on whom the applicant is dependent.
5. Total household value is the sum of the following
(a) 1.0 to the first adult;
(b) 0.66 to each subsequent person aged 14 and over;
(c) 0.33 to each child less than 14 years old.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
26 April, 2023.
RODERIC O’GORMAN,
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
2
nd May,
2023.
I, RODERIC O’GORMAN, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4A (inserted by
section 6
of the
Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022
(No. 46 of 2022)) (the “Act of 2022”)), paragraphs (c) and (d) of
section 31
(inserted by
section 28
of the
Act of 2022
),
section 45
(4) (amended by
section 38
of the
Act of 2022
) and paragraphs (d) and (e) of
section 79
(2) (inserted by
section 68
of the
Act of 2022
) of the
Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
(No. 64 of 2015), and having had regard to the requirements of Part 4, and having taken into account the matters specified in
section 79
(3) (inserted by
section 68
of the
Act of 2022
), of the said
Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
, hereby make the following regulations