S.I. No. 325/1978:

SOCIAL WELFARE (CHILDREN'S ALLOWANCES) (GENERAL) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1978.

SOCIAL WELFARE (CHILDREN'S ALLOWANCES) (GENERAL) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1978.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 20 of the Children's Allowances Act, 1944 (No. 2 of 1944) as amended by section 5 of the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Act, 1952 (No. 12 of 1952) hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) (General) (Amendment) Regulations, 1978.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) (General) Regulations 1952 to 1974, may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) (General) Regulations, 1952 to 1978.

2. Regulation 7 of the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) (General) Regulations, 1952 ( S.I. No. 222 of 1952 ) is hereby amended by the deletion of sub-paragraph (b) and the substitution therefor of the following sub-paragraph--

"(b) in a case where a qualified person fails to make a claim within the time prescribed in sub-paragraph (a) of this Regulation and the Minister is satisfied that there were exceptional or extenuating circumstances for delay in making the claim--on the 1st day of the month following that in which the claimant became a qualified person."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare

this 30th day of November, 1978.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide that where a claim for children's allowance is not made within the prescribed time and the Minister is satisfied that there were exceptional or extenuating circumstances for delay in making the claim, the children's allowance shall commence to accrue on the 1st day of the month following that in which the claimant became a qualified person.