S.I. No. 462/2020 - Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020 (Section 2) (Commencement) Order 2020

1. This order may be cited as the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020 (Section 2) (Commencement) Order 2020.

2. The 1

st

day of November 2020 is appointed as the day on which

section 2

of the

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020

(No. 11 of 2020) comes into operation.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 October, 2020.

MICHAEL MCGRATH,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

27 October, 2020.

STEPHEN DONNELLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

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

)

.

This Order appoints 1 November 2020 as the day on which

Section 2

of the

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020

comes into operation, which provides for increases to the gross income limits for medical card eligibility for persons aged 70 or older.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

30

th October,

2020.

I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 7

(3) of the

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020

(No.11 of 2020), with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby order as follows