S.I. No. 148/1968:

CHILDREN ACT, 1941 (SECTION 21) REGULATIONS, 1968.

CHILDREN ACT, 1941 (SECTION 21) REGULATIONS, 1968.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 21 of the Children Act, 1941 (No. 12 of 1941), as adapted by the Health (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1947 (S.R. & O., No. 58 of 1947), hereby, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Health, make the following regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Children Act, 1941 (Section 21) Regulations, 1968.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1968.

3. The payments to be made by local authorities to the managers of certified schools for the maintenance of such children and youthful offenders as such local authorities are liable to maintain under section 74 of the Children Act, 1908, as amended by section 20 of the Children Act, 1941 (No. 12 of 1941), shall be as follows:--

( a ) in the case of industrial schools, forty shillings per week for each child;

( b ) in the case of reformatory schools, an amount not exceeding forty one shillings and sixpence per week and not less than forty shillings and sixpence per week for each youthful offender.

4. The Children Act, 1941 (Section 21) Regulations, 1965 ( S.I. No. 58 of 1965 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 28th day of June, 1968.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Education.

The Minister for Finance consents to the making of the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 28th day

of June, 1968.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Finance.

The Minister for Health consents to the making of the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this 28th day of June, 1968.

SEÁN FLANAGAN,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations prescribe the payments to be made from 1st July, 1968, by local authorities to the managers of certified schools for the maintenance of children and youthful offenders committed to their schools.