STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. NO. 514 OF 2001

HEALTH INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001 (COMMENCEMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS) ORDER, 2001

DUBLIN

PUBLISHED BY THE STATIONARY OFFICE

S.I. No. 514 OF 2001

HEALTH INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001 (COMMENCEMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS) ORDER, 2001

I, Micheál Martin, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 15 of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2001 (No. 17 of 2001) , hereby order as follows:-

1.       This Order may be cited as the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order, 2001.

2.       In this Order “Principal Act” means the Health Insurance Act, 1994 (No. 16 of 1994) .

3.       The following provisions of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2001 (No. 17 of 2001) , come into operation on 19 November 2001:

(a)      sections 1 and 2,

(b)      paragraphs (b) to (f) of section 3,

(c)      section 4,

(d)      section 5, except in so far as it relates to the amendment of the Principal Act by section 6,

(e)      sections 9, 10, 11 and 12,

(f)       paragraphs (a) to (g) of section 13, except in so far as paragraph (b) relates to the amendment of the Principal Act by section 6, and

(g)      sections 14 and 15.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This Order commences certain provisions of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2001 .