S.I. No. 88/1980 - Health Contributions (Yearly Reckonable Income) (Variation) Regulations, 1980.
S.I. No. 88 of 1980. | ||
HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS (YEARLY RECKONABLE INCOME) (VARIATION) REGULATIONS, 1980. | ||
The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sub-section (3) of section 9 of the Health Contributions Act, 1979 (No. 4 of 1979) hereby makes the following Regulations as respects which, pursuant to subsection (5) of the said section, a draft has been approved by a resolution of each House of the Oireachtas. 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Contributions (Yearly Reckonable Income) (Variation) Regulations,1980. 2. The sum of £5,500 inserted by the Health Contributions (Rate of Contribution and Yearly Reckonable Income) (Confirmation and Variation) Regulations, 1979, in sections 5 (2), 6 (2) and 8 of the Health Contributions Act, 1979 , is hereby varied with effect from the 6th day of April, 1980, by the substitution therefor of a sum of £7,000. | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 28th day of March, 1980. | ||
MICHAEL WOODS, | ||
Minister for Health. | ||
The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the above Regulations. | ||
Dated this 28th day of March, 1980. | ||
MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, | ||
Minister for Finance. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
Section 9 (3) of the Health Contributions Act, 1979 , provides that the Minister for Health may by regulations vary the ceiling amount specified in sections 5 (2), 6 (2) and 8 of the Act. The present income ceiling is £5,500 and it is proposed that it should be varied to £7,000. The changed income ceiling would operate from the beginning of the next contribution year which commences on 6 April, 1980. |