Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Means Assessment) Regulations, 2003

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 170/2003
• Year: 2003

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 4 (as amended by section 12 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002 (No. 8 of 2002)) of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993 (No. 27 of 1993) and Rules 1 (2) (ss) and 1 (5) (both inserted by section 8 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 (No. 4 of 2003)) of Part I, Rule 1 (4) (s) (inserted by section 8 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 ) of Part II, and Rule 1 (3) (qq) (inserted by section 8 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2003 ) of Part IV, of the Third Schedule to the said Act hereby makes the following Regulations:
	Citation and construction.	1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Means Assessment) Regulations, 2003.
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994 to 2003 shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994 to 2003.
	Commencement.	2. These Regulations come into operation -
(a) in so far as they relate to unemployment assistance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, on 30 April 2003,
(b) in so far as they relate to disability allowance, on 7 May 2003, and
(c) in so far as they relate to old age (non-contributory) pension, blind pension and widow's and widower's (non-contributory) pension, on 9 May 2003.
	Definitions.	3. In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 417 of 1994 ).
	Assessment of means.	4. The Principal Regulations are amended by:-
(a) the substitution for Article 89C (inserted by article 8 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 10 (One-parent Family Payment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 426 of 1996)) of the following article:
“Maintenance arrangements. 89C. (1) The maximum amount prescribed for the purposes of Rule 1(2) (ss of Part I, Rule 1(4) (s of Part II and Rule 1 (3) (qq) of Part IV of the Third Schedule to the Principal Act shall be EUR 4, 951.98. (2) The maintenance arrangements prescribed for the purposes of Rule 1 (2) (ss) of Part I, Rule 1 (4) (s) of Part II and Rule 1 (3) (qq) of Part IV of the Third Schedule to the Principal Act shall be all forms of formal...