S.I. No. 826/2004 - Health (Out-Patient Charges) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004 (2004_si_826) | IE

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Reg. 1 S.I. No. 826/2004 - Health (Out-Patient Charges) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004 Open official source

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health (Out-Patient Charges) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004.

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Reg. 2 S.I. No. 826/2004 - Health (Out-Patient Charges) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004 Open official source

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 2005.

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Reg. 3 S.I. No. 826/2004 - Health (Out-Patient Charges) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004 Open official source

3. Article 4 of the Health (Out-Patient Charges) Regulations, 1994 (

S.I. No. 37 of 1994

) (as amended by Article 3 of Health (Out-Patient Charges) (Amendment) Regulations, 2003 (

S.I. No. 653 of 2003

) is hereby amended by the substitution of €55 for €45 in sub-article (2).

The Minister for Finance consents to these regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 8th day of December, 2004.

BRIAN COWEN,

Minister for Finance.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health and Children, this 14th day of December, 2004.

MARY HARNEY,

Minister for Health and Children.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

The purpose of these regulations is to amend the charge set out in the Health (Out-Patient Charges) (Amendment) Regulations, 2003. The charge is revised from €45 to €55 in respect of attendance at accident and emergency or casualty departments where the person concerned has not been referred by a medical practitioner. The charge shall not apply where such an attendance results in hospital admission. The usual exemptions, which include medical card holders and hardship provision shall continue to apply. The revised charge comes into effect on 1 January, 2005.

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Preamble S.I. No. 826/2004 - Health (Out-Patient Charges) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004 Open official source

The Minister for Health and Children in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 5

of the

Health Act, 1947

(No. 28 of 1947) and

Section 56

of the

Health Act, 1970

(No. 1 of 1970) as substituted by

section 1

of the

Health (Amendment) Act, 1987

(No. 3 of 1987) and

Section 72

of the

Health Act, 1970

as adapted by the Health (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 (No. 308 of 1997) with the consent of the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following regulations:—

S.I. No. 826/2004 - Health (Out-Patient Charges) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004

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