State-owned HOIltel Rates Regulations, 1988

L .N. 55 of 1988

SOCIAL SECURITY ACf, 1987

(ACf NO. X OF 1987)

State-owned HOIltel Rates Regulations, 1988

IN exercise o fthe powers conferred by paragraph (b) ofsubsection

(I) of section 135 of the Social Securi ty Act, 1987, the MinisterforSocial

Po licy, with the concurrence of the Ministe r of Finance, has made the

following regulations:-

I. (I) These regulations may be cited as the State-owned Hostel

Rates Regulations, 1988.

(2) These regulations will come into force on the 11th June,

1988.

Any resident in a state-owned hoste l for the care and welfare of

the elde rly as is specified by the Minister for Social Policy in terms of

sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of SUbsection (I) of section 135 of

the Social Security Act, 1987 shall contribute towards his upkeep 60%

of his total annual net income, sohowever that-

(a) any such contribution as is referred to in this regulation

shall not -

(i) e~ceed Lm4 per day; and

(ii) be such as to leave such resident wi th less than

Lm360 per annum at his disposal

provided that, where such a resident isone ofa married couple

who prior to becoming such a resident was not living apart from the

other spouse, and the other spouse is not also a resident, the total

net income that shall be take n in to accoun t for the purposes of

these regulations shall, besides the payment referred to in section

99A of the Social Security Act, 1987, to which {he resident spouse

may be e ntitled, include also -

(i)

all other income receivable by such resident , and

(ii) one halfof all income rece ivable by the non-resident

spouse other than any pensions, allowances, bene fi ts and

assista nce payable unde r the Social Security Act, 1987; and

(b) the first LmlOO of any such income as is arising from

interest on any hank deposits, loans, mortgages o r sim il ar

investments, divide nds, rents , ann ui ties or other income derived

from property shall not be taken inlo account in arriving at the

resident's total annual net income.

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