S.I. No. 95/1956:

CIVIL SERVICE (REMUNERATION) REGULATIONS, 1956.

CIVIL SERVICE (REMUNERATION) REGULATIONS, 1956.

I, GERARD SWEETMAN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 9 of the Civil Service Regulation Act, 1924 (No. 5 of 1924), hereby make the following regulations :

1.--(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Service (Remuneration) Regulations, 1956.

(2) The Civil Service (Remuneration) Regulations, 1947 to 1955, and these Regulations may be cited as the Civil Service (Remuneration) Regulations, 1947 to 1956.

(3) These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into force, and shall have effect as on and from, the 1st day of November, 1955.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3.--(1) The Civil Service (Remuneration) (No. 2) Regulations, 1951 ( S.I. No. 288 of 1951 ), shall have effect as if--

(i) " 37½ per cent. " were substituted for " 27½ per cent. " (inserted by the Regulations of 1953) and " £250 " were substituted for " £200 " in paragraph (a) of the definition of the expression " the prescribed percentages " contained in paragraph (1) of Regulation 5,

(ii) " 22½ per cent. " were substituted for " 15 per cent. " (inserted by the Regulations of 1953) and " £250 " were substituted for " £200 " in paragraph (b) of that definition,

(iii) " 17½ per cent. " were substituted for " 10 per cent." (inserted by the Regulations of 1953) in paragraph (c) of that definition,

(iv) " £250 " were substituted for " £200 " and " £4 15s. 10d. " were substituted for " £3 16s. 8d. " in subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2) of Regulation 5,

(v) " the Civil Service (Remuneration) (No. 2) Regulations, 1951, as amended by the Civil Service (Remuneration) Regulations, 1956 " were substituted for " the Civil Service (Remuneration) (No. 2) Regulations, 1951, as amended by the Civil Service (Remuneration) Regulations, 1953 " (inserted by the Regulations of 1953) in paragraph (1), paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of Regulation 13, and

(vi) the reference in paragraph (4) of Regulation 13 to paragraph (1), (2) or (3) of that Regulation were a reference to the said paragraph (1), (2) or (3) as amended by this Regulation.

(2) Remuneration which has been substituted under subsection (3) of section 2 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 (No. 16 of 1924), for remuneration specified in any of the Schedules to the Civil Service (Remuneration) Regulations, 1951 ( S.I. No. 6 of 1951 ), shall be increased in like manner as in the case of remuneration with respect to which paragraph (1) of this Regulation applies.

(3) In this Regulation " the Regulations of 1953 " means the Civil Service (Remuneration) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 250 of 1953 ).

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 17th day of April, 1956.

GERARD SWEETMAN.

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations relate to a general revision of the pay of non-industrial civil servants with effect from 1st November, 1955. Prior to that date such pay had included the following percentage additions :

27½% on the first £200 ;

15% on the portion exceeding £200 but not exceeding £965 ;

10% on the portion exceeding £965.

In the revision the following percentage additions were substituted :

37½% on the first £250 ;

22½% on the portion exceeding £250 but not exceeding £965 ;

17½% on the portion exceeding £965.