S.I. No. 108/1979:

HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS (RATE OF CONTRIBUTION AND YEARLY RECKONABLE INCOME) (CONFIRMATION AND VARIATION) REGULATIONS, 1979.

HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS (RATE OF CONTRIBUTION AND YEARLY RECKONABLE INCOME) (CONFIRMATION AND VARIATION) REGULATIONS, 1979.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 9 (1) of the Health Contributions Act, 1979 (No. 4 of 1979), hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Contributions (Rate of Contribution and Yearly Reckonable Income) (Confirmation and Variation) Regulations, 1979.

2. The rate specified in sections 5 (1) (a), 6 (1) and 7 of the Health Contributions Act, 1979 , is hereby confirmed.

3. The sum of £5,000 specified in sections 5 (2), 6 (2) and 8 of the Health Contributions Act, 1979 , is hereby varied by the substitution therefor of a sum of £5,500.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 4th day of April, 1979.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Health.

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the above Regulations.

Dated this 4th day of April, 1979.

SEOIRSE Ó COLLA,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Section 9 (1) of the Health Contributions Act, 1979 , provides that the contribution rate and the ceiling amount specified in sections 5 to 8 of the Act shall either be confirmed or varied by regulations made by the Minister for Health before the commencement of sections 5 to 8 of the Act. These regulations confirm the rate of contribution of one per cent which is specified in sections 5, 6 and 7 of the Act and substitute the sum of £5,500 for the sum of £5,000 which is specified in sections 5, 6 and 8 of the Act.