S.I. No. 272/2015 - Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 1996 (Appointment of date pursuant to subsection (5)(b) of section 2) (Amendment) Order 2015.

1. This Order may be cited as the Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 1996 (Appointment of date pursuant to subsection (5)(

b

) of section 2) (Amendment) Order 2015.

2. Article 2 of the

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 1996

(Appointment of Date pursuant to subsection (5)(

b

) of section 2) Order 2015 is amended by the substitution of “31st day of July” for “30th day of June”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 June 2015.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order extends the date by which the Voluntary Health Insurance Board must acquire the necessary capital reserves to make an application for authorisation by the Central Bank of Ireland.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

3

rd July

, 2015.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Health, being satisfied that there is good and sufficient reason for so doing, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 (as amended by

section 6

of the

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2008

(No. 6 of 2008)) of the

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 1996

(No. 4 of 1996), hereby order as follows