S.I. No. 173/1981:

HEALTH SERVICES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1981.

HEALTH SERVICES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1981.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) and by section 72 of the Health Act, 1970 (No. 1 of 1970 ), hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1981.

(2) In these Regulations the "Regulations of 1979" means the Health Services Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 109 of 1979 ).

2. Article 3 of the Regulations of 1979 (as amended by article 3 of the Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 93 of 1980 )) is hereby amended by the substitution of "£8,500" for "£7,000" in sub-article (2) (a).

3. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1981.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 13th day of May, 1981.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations raise the income limit, above which there is a restriction on the extent to which services are available under sections 52 (1), 56 (2), 62 and 63 of the Health Act, 1970 , from £7,000 to £8,500, with effect from the 1st June, 1981.