Jersey Law 1/1968

HEALTH INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) (JERSEY) LAW, 1968.

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A LAW   to amend the Health Insurance (Jersey) Law, 1967, sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the

26th day of JANUARY, 1968.

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(Registered on the 1st day of March, 1968).

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STATES OF JERSEY.

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The 3rd day of October, 1967.

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THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law :  -

ARTICLE 1

(1)           In paragraph (1) of Article 1 of the Health Insurance (Jersey) Law, 1967,1 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Law”) –

(a)     before the definition “the appointed day”, there shall be inserted the following definition –

“ ‘adult dependant’ has the meaning assigned thereto by Article 4A ;”

(b)     in the definition “dependant” after the words “child of the family” there shall be inserted the words “, an adult dependant”.

(2)           After Article 4 of the principal Law there shall be inserted the following Article –

“ARTICLE 4A

ADULT DEPENDANT

For the purposes of this Law, a person is an adult dependant of an insured person if –

(a)     he is not a child of the family or the dependent wife of an insured person ;

(b)     he proves to the satisfaction of the Committee that he is wholly or mainly maintained by the insured person ;

(c)     he bears such relationship to the insured person as may be prescribed ; and

(d)     he fulfills such other conditions as may be prescribed.”

ARTICLE 2

(1)           After paragraph (1) of Article 17 of the principal Law there shall be inserted the following paragraph –

“(1A)    In the case of a person (other than a person of any such class as is referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article) who enters into insurance on or after the first day of April, 1968, paragraph (1) of this Article shall have effect as if for the reference to thirteen contribution weeks there were substituted a reference to twenty-six contribution weeks.”

(2)           In paragraph (2) of the said Article 17 for the words “paragraph (1)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (1) and (1A)”.

ARTICLE 3

This Law may be cited as the Health Insurance (Amendment) (Jersey) Law, 1968.

E.J.M. POTTER,

Deputy Greffier of the States.