S.I. No. 133/1962:

DISABLED PERSONS (MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1962.

DISABLED PERSONS (MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1962.

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 subsection (5) of section 50 of the Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953), hereby makes the following Regulations :--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1962.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1962.

3. Article 4 of the Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations 1960 ( S.I. No. 261 of 1960 ) is hereby amended by the deletion of subarticle (1) and the substitution therefor of the following :--

" (1) A maintenance allowance shall be at a rate not exceeding one pound, five shillings per week."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this Twenty-seventh day of July, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-two.

SEÁN MacENTEE,

Minister for Health.

The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations.

Dated this 27th day of July, 1962.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these regulations is to increase from one pound, two shillings and six pence per week to one pound, five shillings per week the maximum maintenance allowance payable to a disabled person under Section 50 (5) of the Health Act, 1953 .