Jersey Law 6/1996
HEALTH INSURANCE
(AMENDMENT No. 9) (JERSEY) LAW 1996
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A LAW to amend further the Health Insurance
(Jersey) Law 1967, sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the
3th day of MARCH 1996
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(Registered on the
12th day of April 1996)
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STATES OF JERSEY
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The 26th day of September 1995
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THE
STATES, subject to
the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the
following Law –
ARTICLE 1
In Article 1 of
the Health Insurance (Jersey) Law 1967, as amended (hereinafter referred to as
“the principal Law”), in paragraph (1) –
(a) in the definition of
“approved supplier”, for the words “an authorized seller of
poisons” there shall be substituted the words “a person lawfully
conducting a retail pharmacy business”;
(b) the definition of
“authorized seller of poisons” shall be deleted;
(c) after the definition of
“order” there shall be inserted the following definition –
“
‘person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business’ shall be
construed in accordance with paragraph (3) of Article 68 of the Medicines
(Jersey) Law 1995;”;
(d) after the definition of
“Pharmaceutical Benefit Advisory Committee” there shall be inserted
the following definition –
“
‘pharmacist’ means a person registered as a pharmacist under the
Pharmacy, Poisons and Medicines (Jersey) Law 1952;”; and
(e) the definition of
“pharmaceutical chemist” shall be deleted.
ARTICLE 2
In Article 32 of
the principal Law, for the words “three years” there shall be
substituted the words “ten years”.
ARTICLE 3
In Article 33 of
the principal Law, in paragraph (3), for the words “fifty pounds”
there shall be substituted the words “level 2 on the standard scale”.
ARTICLE 4
In Article 35 of
the principal Law, in paragraph (2), for the words “authorized seller of
poisons” there shall be substituted the words “person lawfully
conducting a retail pharmacy business”.
ARTICLE 5
In Article 39 of
the principal Law, in paragraph (3), for the words “ten pounds” and
for the words “fifty pounds” there shall be substituted the words
“level 2 on the standard scale6”.
ARTICLE 6
In Article 40 of
the principal Law, in paragraph (2), for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be
substituted the following sub-paragraph –
“(b) on payment of a fee of five
pounds;”.
ARTICLE 7
In Article 44 of
the principal Law –
(a) in paragraph (1), for
the words “five hundred pounds” there shall be substituted the
words “level 3 on the standard scale6”; and
(b) in paragraph (2), for
the words “fifty pounds”, in each place where they appear, there
shall be substituted the words “level 2 on the standard scale”.
ARTICLE 8
In the Second
Schedule to the principal Law –
(a) in paragraph 1, in
sub-paragraph (2), for the words “pharmaceutical chemists” there
shall be substituted the word “pharmacists”;
(b) in paragraph 2, in
sub-paragraph (b), for the words “pharmaceutical chemist” there
shall be substituted the word “pharmacist”; and
(c) in paragraph 5, for the
words “pharmaceutical chemists” there shall be substituted the word
“pharmacists”.
ARTICLE 9
In the Third
Schedule to the principal Law –
(a) in paragraph 3, in
sub-paragraph (2), for the words “pharmaceutical chemists” there
shall be substituted the word “pharmacists”; and
(b) in paragraph 4, in
clause (d) of paragraph (1), for the words “pharmaceutical
chemists” there shall be substituted the word “pharmacists”.
ARTICLE 10
(1) This
Law may be cited as the Health Insurance (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Law 1996.
(2) This
Law shall come into force on such day or days as the States may by Act appoint,
and different days may be appointed for different purposes and for different
provisions of this Law.
G.H.C. COPPOCK
Greffier of the
States