S.I. No. 79/1979:

DISABLED PERSONS (MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1979.

DISABLED PERSONS (MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1979.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) and by section 69 and 72 of the Health Act, 1970 (No. 1 of 1970), hereby makes the following Regulations--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979.

2. Article 4 of the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 160 of 1973 ) is hereby amended by the substitution for sub-article (4) (as substituted by article 2 of the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 54 of 1978 ) of the following sub-article:--

"(4) A maintenance allowance payable in accordance with this article shall with effect from the 1st April, 1979 be at a rate not exceeding £15.20 per week ".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 20th day of March, 1979.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Health.

The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations. Dated this 20th day of March, 1979.

SEOIRSE Ó COLLA,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these Regulations is to increase, as from 1st April, 1979, the maximum weekly rate of maintenance allowance payable under Section 69 of the Health Act, 1970 , to fifteen pounds and twenty pence.