S.I. No. 102/1979:

SOCIAL WELFARE (PAY-RELATED BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1979.

SOCIAL WELFARE (PAY-RELATED BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1979.

The Minister for Social Welfare in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952 ) and by sections 4 (as amended by the Social Welfare Act, 1976 (No. 6 of 1976)) and 15 of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Act, 1973 (No. 2 of 1973) hereby makes the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979 and shall come into operation on the 2nd day of April 1979.

. The Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 16 of 1974 ) are hereby amended by the substitution in article 6 of "£110" for "£50".

3. The Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 124 of 1976 ) are hereby amended by the substitution in subparagraph (c) of sub-article (1) of article 4 of "£l10" for "£50" in each case where the said sum appears.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 30th day of March, 1979.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 30th day of March, 1979.

SEOIRSE Ó COLLA,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These amendments to the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Regulations increase the maximum amount of reckonable weekly earnings on which pay-related benefit may be calculated from £50 to £110.

They also vary the maximum weekly amount which may be paid to an unemployed person by way of flat-rate unemployment benefit, pay-related benefit and any income tax refund arising from the unemployment from 85% of his average net weekly earnings or £50, whichever is the lesser, to 85% of his average net weekly earning of £110, whichever is the lesser.