Covid-19 (Health Insurance Fund) (Jersey) Regulations 2020


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Covid-19 (Health Insurance Fund) (Jersey) Regulations 2020

Made                                                                                                      22nd April 2020

Coming into force                                                                               23rd April 2020

THE STATES make these Regulations under Article 2 of the Covid‑19 (Enabling Provisions) (Jersey) Law 2020[1] 

1        Amendment of Health Insurance Fund (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey) Law 2011

(1)     These Regulations amend the Health Insurance Fund (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey) Law 2011[2].

(2)     In these Regulations, a reference to an Article is a reference to that Article in the Health Insurance Fund (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey) Law 2011.

2        Long title amended

For the long title there is substituted –

“A LAW to enable withdrawal of money from the Health Insurance Fund.”.

3        New Article 2B inserted

After Article 2A there is inserted –

“2B    Withdrawal of money from Health Insurance Fund in response to Covid-19

(1)     £5,322,000 is withdrawn from the Health Insurance Fund and credited to the Consolidated Fund for the purpose of replacing amounts paid to fund primary care services in response to the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[3]).

(2)     For the purposes of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019[4], 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[5] or any provision of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019, this Article prevails.”.

4        Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Covid-19 (Health Insurance Fund) (Jersey) Regulations 2020 and come into force on the day after they are made.

w.j.c. millow

Assistant Greffier of the States

 




[1]                                     L.2/2020

[2]                                     chapter 26.510

[3]                                     L.2/2020

[4]                                     L.10/2019

[5]                                     chapter 26.500


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