Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Minimum Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 2005
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Citation | IR SI 333/2005 |
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS | ||||
S.I. No. 333 of 2005 | ||||
HEALTH INSURANCE ACT, 1994 (MINIMUM BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2005 | ||||
S.I. No 333 of 2005 | ||||
HEALTH INSURANCE ACT, 1994 (MINIMUM BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2005 | ||||
I, Mary Harney, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 10 of the Health Insurance Act, 1994 (No. 16 of 1994) as amended by section 13 of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2001 ( No. 17 of 2001 ), hereby make the following Regulations- 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Minimum Benefit (Amendment) Regulations, 2005. 2. The Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Minimum Benefit) Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 83 of 1996 are hereby amended - | ||||
(a) in Article 3, by the substitution:- | ||||
(i) for “ancillary” of “relevant” in the definition of “fully insured person”, | ||||
(ii) for “Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Open Enrolment) Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 81 of 1996 )” of “Health Insurance Act, 2001 (Open Enrolment Regulations, 2005” in the definition of “initial waiting period”, | ||||
(iii) for “Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Open Enrolment) Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 81 of 1996 )” of “Health Insurance Act, 2001 (Open Enrolment Regulations, 2005” in the definition of “pre-existing condition waiting period”, | ||||
(b) in Article 5(1), by the substitution for “ancillary” of “relevant”, | ||||
(c) in Article 12, by the substitution for “ancillary” of “relevant”. 3. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 2005. | ||||
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EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation). | ||||
These regulations replace ancillary health services with relevant health services and the references to the open enrolment regulations are updated. |
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