Health Insurance
Fund (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey) Law 2011
A LAW to enable withdrawal of money
from the Health Insurance Fund.[1]
Commencement [see endnotes]
1 Withdrawal
of money from Health Insurance Fund for 2011
(1) Notwithstanding Article 21(1)
of the Health Insurance (Jersey)
Law 1967, there shall be withdrawn from the Health Insurance Fund and
credited to the consolidated fund the sum of £6,131,100, for the purpose
of funding primary care services in 2011.
(2) Money credited to the
consolidated fund pursuant to paragraph (1) is, for the purposes of the Public
Finances (Jersey) Law 2005, to be treated as income of, and paid into the
consolidated fund by, the Health and Social Services Department.
2 Authority
to withdraw money from Health Insurance Fund for 2012
(1) Notwithstanding Article 21(1)
of the Health Insurance (Jersey)
Law 1967, there shall be withdrawn from the Health Insurance Fund and
credited to the consolidated fund, for the purpose of funding primary care
services in 2012, such sum (if any) as is specified in a proposition
lodged by the Minister for Social Security and adopted by the States.
(2) Money credited to the
consolidated fund pursuant to paragraph (1) is, for the purposes of the Public
Finances (Jersey) Law 2005, to be treated as income of, and paid into the
consolidated fund by, the Health and Social Services Department.
2A Withdrawal of money
from Health Insurance Fund for 2013, 2014 and 2015[2]
(1) Notwithstanding Article 21(1)
of the Health Insurance (Jersey) Law
1967,
there shall be withdrawn from the Health Insurance Fund and credited to the
consolidated fund –
(a) £2,000,000,
for the purpose of funding primary care services in 2013;
(b) £6,000,000,
for the purpose of funding primary care services in 2014;
(c) £6,000,000,
for the purpose of funding primary care services in 2015.
(2) Money credited to the
consolidated fund pursuant to paragraph (1) is, for the purposes of the Public
Finances (Jersey) Law 2005, to be treated as income of, and paid into the
consolidated fund by, the Health and Social Services Department in the year for
the purposes of which the withdrawal and credit is made.
2B Withdrawal
of money from Health Insurance Fund in response to Covid-19[3]
(1) £5,322,000
is withdrawn from the Health Insurance Fund and credited to the Consolidated
Fund for the purpose of replacing amounts paid to fund primary care services in
response to the outbreak of Covid-19 (as defined in Article 1 of the Covid-19 (Enabling Provisions) (Jersey) Law 2020).
(2) For
the purposes of the Public Finances (Jersey)
Law 2019, the amount credited to the Consolidated Fund is to be treated as
if it were excess income referred to in Article 21(1)(b) of that Law.
(3) To
the extent that this Article is inconsistent with Article 21(1) of the Health Insurance (Jersey)
Law 1967 or any provision of the Public Finances (Jersey)
Law 2019, this Article prevails.
2C Withdrawal
of money from Health Insurance Fund for 2021[4]
(1) £11,300,000 may
be withdrawn, in one or more instalments, from the Health Insurance Fund
in 2021 and credited to the Consolidated Fund for the purposes of
funding –
(a) the
redesign of health and community services so that they meet the current and
future needs of Jersey residents; and
(b) the
modernisation and digitisation of health and care services.
(2) To the extent that this
Article is inconsistent with Article 21(1) of the Health Insurance (Jersey)
Law 1967, this Article prevails.
2D Withdrawal of money
from Health Insurance Fund for 2022[5]
(1) The
following sums may be withdrawn, in one or more instalments, from the Health
Insurance Fund in 2022 and credited to the Consolidated Fund –
(a) up to
£9,100,000 for the purpose of funding the redesign of health and
community services so that they meet the current and future needs of Jersey
residents;
(b) up to
£3,900,000 for the purpose of funding the modernisation and digitisation
of health and care services.
(2) In
addition, if the total sum withdrawn under Article 2C(1) is less than
£11,300,000, the difference between the sum withdrawn and
£11,300,000 may be withdrawn, in one or more instalments, from the Health
Insurance Fund in 2022 and credited to the Consolidated Fund for the purposes
set out in Article 2C.
(3) Paragraph (2)
is subject to Articles 19 and 20 of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019.
(4) To
the extent that this Article is inconsistent with Article 21(1) of the Health Insurance (Jersey) Law 1967, this Article prevails.
3 Authority
for Minister to withdraw expenses from Health Insurance Fund
Notwithstanding Article 21(1) of the Health Insurance (Jersey)
Law 1967, the Minister for Social Security may pay out of the Health
Insurance Fund expenses incurred in developing an infrastructure (to include a
system for data-gathering) and establishing arrangements for –
(a) primary care
governance; and
(b) the assessment and
monitoring of primary care standards.
4 Citation
This Law may be cited as the Health Insurance Fund (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (Jersey) Law 2011.