S.I. No. 446/1986:

SOCIAL WELFARE (FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1986.

SOCIAL WELFARE (FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1986.

The Minister for Social Welfare in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 3 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 (No. of 1981) and section 232F of the Act (as inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1984 (No. 5 of 1984)), hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Family Income Supplement) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Family Income Supplement) Regulations, 1984 to 1985 may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Family Income Supplement) Regulations, 1984 to 1986.

2. The Social Welfare (Family Income Supplement) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 278 of 1984 ) are hereby amended by the substitution of "24" for "30" in articles 5 (a) and 5 (b).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this

17th day of December, 1986.

GEMMA HUSSEY,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this

17th day of December, 1986.

JOHN BRUTON,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for a reduction in the number of hours, from not less than 30 hours a week to not less than 24 hours a week, in which a person is to be regarded as being engaged in remunerative full-time employment as an employee in order to be eligible for a family income supplement.