S.I. No. 413/1983:

SOCIAL WELFARE (SUPPLEMENTARY WELFARE ALLOWANCES) REGULATIONS, 1983.

SOCIAL WELFARE (SUPPLEMENTARY WELFARE ALLOWANCES) REGULATIONS, 1983.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 (No. 1 of 1981) and by subsection (8) of section 218 of that Act (inserted by section 15 of the Social Welfare Act, 1983 (No. 6 of 1983)) after consultation with the Minister for the Environment and with the consent of the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Regulations, 1983.

(2) The Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Regulations, 1977 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Regulations, 1977 and 1983.

2. The total amount to be paid by all local authorities under subsection (1) of section 218 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act shall be as follows:--in respect of the year ending on 31st December 1981, £9,748,436; in respect of the year ending on 31st December 1982, £9,680,991; in respect of the year ending on 31st December 1983, £13,929,300.

3. The amounts payable under subsection (3) of section 218 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 in respect of the years ended 31 December, 1982 and 31 December, 1983 by each local authority mentioned in column (1) of the Table to this article shall not exceed the amounts set out in columns (2) and (3) of the Table opposite such mention in column (1).

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this

22nd day of December, 1983.

BARRY DESMOND,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 22nd

day of December, 1983.

ALAN DUKES,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe the total amounts to be paid by all local authorities to the Health Boards in respect of Health Board expenditure on supplementary welfare allowances for the years 1981, 1982 and 1983. The amount prescribed in respect of 1983 represents an increase of 20.6% on a sum of £11,550,000, including £1,869,009 in respect of expenditure in 1981, notified to local authorities as payable in 1982.

They also prescribe the maximum amounts payable by each local authority for the years 1982 and 1983 in respect of the Health Board's administration costs of the supplementary welfare allowances scheme.