Family Allowances Ordinance, 2022

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The Family Allowances Ordinance, 2022
THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 3rd November, 2022[a], and in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 1 and 3 of, and paragraph 1 of the Schedule to, the Family Allowances (Guernsey) Law, 1950[b], and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order:-
Amount of allowance.
1. The amount of allowance referred to in section 1(1) of the Family Allowances) Law, in respect of each child in the family is at the rate of £15.80 a week.
Amount as to contribution to the cost of providing for a child.
2. (1) The rate of contribution to the cost of providing for a child, for the purposes of section 3(2) of the Family Allowances Law, is £15.80 a week or more.
(2) The rate of contribution to the cost of providing for a child, for the purposes of the proviso to paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule to the Family Allowances Law, is £15.80 a week.
Interpretation.
3. In this Ordinance, "the Family Allowances Law" means the Family Allowances (Guernsey) Law, 1950.
Repeal.
4. The Family Allowances (Guernsey) (Amendment etc.) Ordinance, 2021[c] is repealed.
Citation.
5. This Ordinance may be cited as the Family Allowances Ordinance, 2022.
Extent.
6. This Ordinance shall have effect in the Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Herm and Jethou.
Commencement.
7. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 2nd January, 2023.
[a]

Article II of Billet d'État No. XIX of 2022.
[b]

Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIV, p. 332. This enactment has been amended.
[c]

Ordinance No. XLIII of 2021.




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