S.I. No. 131/1959:

SOCIAL WELFARE (OVERLAPPING BENEFITS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1959.

SOCIAL WELFARE (OVERLAPPING BENEFITS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1959.

I, SEÁN MAC ENTEE, Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 32 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952), hereby make the following regulations :--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1959.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 to 1957, may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 to 1959.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 7th day of August, 1959.

3. Sub-article (5) of article 4 of the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 14 of 1953 ) is hereby amended by the substitution for the words " thirty-eight shillings and sixpence ", " forty-six shillings and sixpence " and " fifty-four shillings and sixpence " (being the words substituted therein by article 5 of the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1957 ( S.I. No. 142 of 1957 ) ), of the words " forty-one shillings ", " forty-nine shillings " and " fifty-seven shillings ", respectively.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 20th day of July, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-nine.

SEÁN MAC ENTEE.

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Social Welfare Act, 1959 , makes provision for increases in the rates of widows' (non-contributory) pensions. These Regulations provide for consequential increases in the limits prescribed in the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 14 of 1953 ), as amended, to the combined rate payable by way of pension and disability or unemployment benefit to a widow who is in receipt of a widows' (non-contributory) pension which is reduced in respect of means.