Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Registration) Regulations 1996.
S.I. No. 80 of 1996
HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1994 (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 1996
REVISED
Updated to 1 July 2024
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S.I. No. 80 of 1996
HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1994 (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 1996
REVISED
Updated to 1 July 2024
The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 and 14 of the Health Insurance Act, 1994 (No. 16 of 1994) hereby makes the following Regulations—
PART I GENERAL
Section
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Insurance Act 1994 (Registration) Regulations 1996.
Section
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 28th day of March, 1996.
Section
3. In these Regulations—
"insured person" means a person named in a health insurance contract as an insured person or an infant born to a person named in a health insurance contract as an insured person provided that in the case of an infant the person who effected the health insurance contract requests that the health insurance contract be altered to name such infant as an insured person, and pays the appropriate premium in respect of such infant, within 13 weeks of the date of birth of the. infant.
PART II THE REGISTER
Section
4. The Register shall be—
(i) a legible record, or
(ii) a record that is not in legible form, or
(iii) a record that is legible and in a form that is not legible.
Section
5. The Register shall contain the following particulars—
(a) the name of the undertaking;
(b) the address of the head office of the undertaking.
Section
6. Registration shall be for a twelve month period.
PART III REGISTRATION OF HEALTH INSURANCE UNDERTAKINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 14 (5) OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1994
Section
F1[7. A restricted membership undertaking shall be registered if it complies with the following conditions:
(a) in the case of an undertaking providing cover solely for relevant health services, if it is registered as a friendly society pursuant to the Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 1977 and complies with the provisions of the Health Insurance Acts 1994 to 2007; or
(b) if it was lawfully carrying on health insurance business in the State on the 30th day of June 1994 and complies with the provisions of the Health Insurance Acts 1994 to 2007.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F1
Substituted (16.03.2009) by Health Insurance Act 1994 (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 72 of 2009), reg. 2, in effect as reg. 1(3).
Editorial Notes:
E1
Previous affecting provision: reg. 7(i) amended (1.07.2005) by Health Insurance Act 1994 (Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 335 of 2005), reg. 2, in effect as per reg. 3; section substituted (16.03.2009) as per F-note above.
Section
8. An undertaking other than a restricted membership undertaking shall be registered upon application if it is the holder of an authorisation (within the meaning of the European Communities (Non-life Insurance) Framework Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 359 of 1994)) for the time being in force to carry on non-life insurance business and complies with the provisions of the Health Insurance Act, 1994.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this
28th day of March, 1996.
MICHAEL NOONAN,
Minister for Health.
Schedule
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
These Regulations provide for a Register of health benefits undertakings to be established and give the details to be contained in the Register. They set out the conditions for the registration of restricted membership undertakings.
S.I. No. 80 of 1996
HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1994 (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 1996
REVISED
Updated to 1 July 2024
About this Revised Statutory Instrument
This Revised Statutory Instrument presents the text of the instrument as it has been amended since it was made, and preserves the format in which it was made.
Related legislation
Health Insurance Act 1994 (Registration) Regulations 1996 and 2009: this statutory instrument is one of a group of statutory instruments included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Health Insurance Act 1994 (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, reg. 1(2)). The instruments in this group are:
• Health Insurance Act 1994 (Registration) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 80 of 1996)
• Health Insurance Act 1994 (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 72 of 2009)
Annotations
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
None
All Acts up to and including Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 (18/2024), enacted 2 July 2024, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Health Insurance Act 1994 (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 72 of 2009)
• Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 335 of 2005)
All statutory instruments up to and including International Protection Act 2015 (Safe Countries of Origin) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 327 of 2024), made 1 July 2024, were considered in the preparation of this revision.