S.I. No. 144/1974:

CHILDREN ACT, 1941 (Section 21) REGULATIONS, 1974.

CHILDREN ACT, 1941 (Section 21) REGULATIONS, 1974.

I, RICHARD BURKE, Minister for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 21 of the Children Act, 1941 (No. 12 of 1941), as adapted by the Health (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1947 (S. R. & O., No. 58 of 1947), hereby, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Health, make the following regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Children Act, 1941 (Section 21) Regulations, 1974.

2. The payments to be made by local authorities to the managers of certified schools for the maintenance of such children and youthful offenders as such local authorities are liable to maintain under section 74 of the Children Act, 1908, as amended by section 20 of the Children Act, 1941 (No. 12 of 1941), shall, with effect from the 1st day of April, 1974, be £6 per week for each child in an industrial school and each youthful offender in a reformatory school.

3. The Children Act, 1941 (Section 21) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 326 of 1973 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 24th day of May, 1974.

RICHARD BURKE,

Minister for Education.

The Minister for Finance consents to the making of the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this

24th day of May, 1974.

RICHIE RYAN,

Minister for Finance.

The Minister for Health consents to the making of the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this

24th day of May, 1974.

BRENDAN CORISH,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations prescribe the payments to be made from 1st April, 1974 by local authorities, to the managers of certified schools for the maintenance of children and youthful offenders committed to their schools.