S.I. No. 241/1994 -- Social Welfare (Family Income Supplement) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994.
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S.I. No. 241/1994: SOCIAL WELFARE (FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1994. |
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SOCIAL WELFARE (FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1994. |
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The Minister for Social Welfare in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4 and 202 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993 (No. 27 of 1993) hereby makes the following Regulations:-- |
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1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Family Income Supplement) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994. |
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(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Family Income Supplement) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 279 of 1991 ) shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Family Income Supplement) Regulations, 1991 and 1994. |
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2. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the Social Welfare (Family Income Supplement) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 279 of 1991 ). |
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3. Article 5 (1) (a) of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of "four weeks" for "six weeks". |
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4. Article 7 (1) of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraphs (a) and (b) after "remunerative employment" of "(other than employment under a scheme administered by An Foras Áiseanna Saothair and known as Community Employment)". |
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare, this 18th day of July, 1994. |
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MICHAEL WOODS, |
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Minister for Social Welfare. |
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The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations. |
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 20th day of July, 1994. |
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BERTIE AHERN, |
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Minister for Finance. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE. |
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These Regulations provide for a reduction, from 6 to 4 weeks, in the period over which a person's income comprising earnings from employment as an employee is assessed in the case of Family Income Supplement for the purpose of calculating the weekly family income. |
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Under existing provisions, people participating in a Social Employment Scheme are not regarded as being in remunerative full-time employment for Family Income Supplement purposes. These Regulations make similar provision for people participating in Community Employment, which incorporates the former Social Employment scheme. |
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