Family Allowances Ordinance, 2021

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The Family Allowances Ordinance, 2021
THE STATES POLICY & RESOURCES COMMITTEE, in exercise of the powers conferred on the States by sections 1(2) and 3(2) of, and paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule to, the Family Allowances (Guernsey) Law, 1950[a], and all other powers enabling the States in that behalf, and on that Committee by Article 66A of the Reform (Guernsey) Law, 1948[b], hereby order:-
Amount of allowance.
1. The amount of allowance referred to in section 1(1) of the Family Allowances (Guernsey) Law, 1950, ("the Law of 1950") in respect of each child in the family shall be at the rate of £14.50 a week.
Amount as to contribution to the cost of providing for a child.
2. The amount in respect of the contribution to the cost of providing for a child referred to in -
(a) section 3(2) of the Law of 1950 shall be at the rate of £14.50 a week or more, and
(b) the proviso to paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule to the Law of 1950 shall be at the rate of £14.50 a week.
Repeal.
3. The Family Allowances Ordinance, 2018[c] is repealed.
Citation.
4. This Ordinance may be cited as the Family Allowances Ordinance, 2021.
Extent.
5. This Ordinance shall have effect in the Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Herm and Jethou.
Commencement.
6. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 1st February, 2021.
[a]

Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIV, p. 332; amended by Ordres en Conseil Vol. XV, p. 212 ; Vol. XVI, p. 280; Vol. XVIII, p. 367; Vol. XIX, p. 286; Vol. XX, pp. 11, 59 and 63; Vol. XXI, p. 34; Vol. XXII, p. 318; Vol XXIII, pp. 3 and 238; Vol XXVI, pp. 150 and 292; Vol XXXVIII, p. 406; Vol XXXI, p. 278; Vol. XXXIX, p. 107; Order in Council No. III of 2001; No. IV of 2014; No. IV of 2018; Recueil d’Ordonnances Tome XXI, p. 460; Tome XXVI, p. 177; Ordinance No. XXXIII of 2003; No. VII of 2010; No. XLII of 2012; No. IX of 2016; Nos. XIII and XXXVII of 2017; No. XL of 2018; Alderney Ordinance No. VIII of 2018; and G.S.I. No. 7 of 1971.
[b]

Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIII, p. 288; Article 66A was inserted by Order in Council No. XVII of 2015; there are other amendments not relevant to this Ordinance.
[c]

Ordinance No. XL of 2018.




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