S.I. No. 109/2005 - Health Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2005

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Contributions (Amendment) Regulations, 2005.

2. Article 21 of the Health Contributions Regulations 1979 (No. 107 of 1979) is amended by the substitution of “Vote for the Health Service Executive” for “Vote for Health”.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health and Children, this 28th day of February, 2005.

MARY HARNEY,

Minister for Health and Children.

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the above Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 24th day of February, 2005.

BRIAN COWEN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

These Regulations amend the Health Contributions Regulations 1979. Section 21 of the Health Contributions Regulations 1979 states that “All sums paid over to the Minister in accordance with

Section 13

of the

Health Contributions Act 1979

shall be appropriated in aid of the Vote for Health”.

These regulations provide that all sums paid over to the Minister under Section 13 of the Act, including sums in 2004 to be paid in 2005, shall now be appropriated in aid of the Vote for the Health Service Executive.

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 109 of 2005

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HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2005.

S.I. No. 109 of 2004

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HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2005.

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

section 13

of the

Health Contributions Act 1979

(

No. 4 of 1979

) (as adapted by the Health (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister Order, 1997), with the sanction of the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following regulations:—