S.I. No. 627/2016 - Health Insurance Act 1994 (Lifetime Cover) (Revocation) Regulations 2016.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Insurance Act 1994 (Lifetime Cover) (Revocation) Regulations 2016.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 2017.

2. The Health Insurance Act 1994 (Lifetime Cover) Regulations 1996 (

S.I. No. 82 of 1996

) are revoked.

Given under my Official Seal,

19 December 2016.

SIMON HARRIS,

Minister for Health.

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 revoke S.I. 82 of 1996. The repealed regulations provided that once a person is insured with a registered undertaking, it cannot terminate or refuse to renew the contract except in specified limited circumstances. The regulations are now superseded by the

Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2016

.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th December

, 2016.

I, SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 (amended by

section 4

of the

Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2012

(No. 45 of 2012)) and

9

of the

Health Insurance Act 1994

(No. 16 of 1994), hereby make the following regulations