S.I. No. 514/2001 - Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order, 2001

1. This Order may be cited as the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order, 2001.

2. In this Order “Principal Act” means the

Health Insurance Act, 1994

(No. 16 of 1994).

3. The following provisions of the

Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2001

(No. 17 of 2001), come into operation on 19 November 2001

(a) sections 1 and 2,

(b) paragraphs (b) to (f) of section 3,

(c) section 4,

(d) section 5, except in so far as it relates to the amendment of the Principal Act by section 6,

(e) sections 9, 10, 11 and 12,

(f) paragraphs (a) to (g) of section 13, except in so far as paragraph (b) relates to the amendment of the Principal Act by section 6, and

(g) sections 14 and 15.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, 14 November 2001.

Micheál Martin

Minister for Health and Children

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This Order commences certain provisions of the

Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2001

.

I, Micheál Martin, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 15

of the

Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2001

(No. 17 of 2001), hereby order as follows:-