S.I. No. 334/2008 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (Maximum Rent Limits) Regulations 2008
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED SUPPLEMENTARY WELFARE ALLOWANCE) (AMENDMENT) (MAXIMUM RENT LIMITS) REGULATIONS 2008 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 22nd August, 2008. | ||
The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 4 (as amended by section 17 and Schedule 3 of the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006 (No. 5 of 2006)) and section 198 (as amended by section 25 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (No. 8 of 2007)) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 2005), hereby makes the following Regulations: | ||
Citation and Construction | ||
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (Maximum Rent Limits) Regulations 2008. | ||
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 412 of 2007 ) shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 to 2008. | ||
Definitions. | ||
2. In these Regulations— | ||
“the Principal Regulations” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 412 of 2007 ). | ||
Maximum amount of rent in respect of which a supplement is payable. | ||
3. The Principal Regulations are amended in paragraph (i) of article 9(2) by substituting “31 December 2009” for “30 June 2008”. | ||
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs | ||
8 August 2008 | ||
MARY HANAFIN, | ||
Minister for Social and Family Affairs. | ||
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 | ||
11 August 2008 | ||
BRIAN LENIHAN, | ||
Minister for Finance. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | ||
These Regulations provide for the continuation until 31 December 2009 of the maximum rent limits, as set out in Schedule 1 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 412 of 2007 ), in respect of which rent supplement is payable. |
