S.I. No. 350/2005 -- Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Family Income Supplement) Regulations 2005
S.I. No. 350/2005 -- Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Family Income Supplement) Regulations 2005
2005
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S.I. No. 350 of 2005.
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SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED PAYMENTS PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 4) (FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENT) REGULATIONS 2005.
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The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 4 (as amended by section 26 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2005 (No. 4 of 2005)) and 202 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993 (No. 27 of 1993), hereby makes the following regulations:
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Citation and construction.
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1. (1) These regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Family Income Supplement) Regulations 2005.
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(2) These regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994 to 2005.
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Definitions.
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2. In these regulations, “the Principal Regulations” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 417 of 1994).
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Interpretation.
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3. The Principal Regulations are amended in article 94 bydeleting “other than non-pecuniary emoluments,” in the definition of “earnings from employment”.
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Persons regarded as being in remunerative full-time employment.
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4. The Principal Regulations are amended in article 97 (as substituted by article 4 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 189 of 1996)) by the insertion of “, employment under a scheme administered under the aegis of the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and known as the Rural Social Scheme” after “Community Employment”.
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, this 15th day of June 2005.
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SÉAMUS BRENNAN
Minister for Social and Family Affairs.
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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 30th day of June 2005.
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BRIAN COWEN
Minister for Finance.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purpart to be a legal interpretation.)
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These regulations provide for including benefit-in-kind in the calculation of earnings from employment for the purposes of Family Income Supplement.
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In addition, these regulations also provide that where a person is employed under the Rural Social Scheme they will not be entitled to receive Family Income Supplement.
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