STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 464 of 2003

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) AND MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992 (ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2003.

S.I. No 464 of 2003

REGULATIONS

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) AND MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1992 (ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2003

I, Charlie McCreevy, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(4) (as amended by section 19 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998 ( No. 5 of 1998 ) and section 5A (inserted by section 20 of that 1998 Act) of No. 3 of 1992 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1.         These Regulations may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1992 (Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 2003.

2.         In these Regulations the “Principal Regulations” means S.I. No. 397 of 1992 ).

3.         The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting the following after Regulation 6A:

“6B The rate of allowance payable under section 3 of the Act of 1992 to a member of Seanad éireann who is also the holder of the office of Leader of the House of Seanad éireann shall, with effect from 12 September 2002, be the sum of €9,128.15 per annum.”

4.         Regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations is amended in paragraph (1)(b) by substituting “5, 6 6A and 6B” for “5, 6 and 6A”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations provide for the payment of an office holders expense allowance to the Leader of the Seanad with effect from 12 September 2002.