No. 32/1974:

HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1974

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Amendment of section 3 of Health Contributions Act, 1971.

2 Short title and collective citation.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS ACT, 1971 .

[24th December, 1974]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS, AS FOLLOWS:

1.— Section 3 of the Health Contributions Act, 1971 , is hereby amended, by the substitution of the following subsections for sub-section (1):

"(1) In the period beginning on the date of the commencement of this Act and ending on the 31st day of December, 1974, health contributions shall be—

( a ) in the case of a person insured under the Act of 1952 to whom section 4 or 5 of this Act applies, at the weekly rate of 15 new pence, and

( b ) in the case of any other person, at the annual rate of £7, and shall be collected at such intervals as may be prescribed.

(1A) In the period beginning on the 1st day of January, 1975, and ending on the date specified by order for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section, health contributions shall be—

( a ) in the case of a person insured under the Act of 1952 to whom section 4 or 5 of this Act applies, at the weekly rate of 26 new pence, and

( b ) in the case of any other person, at the annual rate of £12, and shall be collected at such intervals as may be prescribed."

2.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Health Contributions (Amendment) Act, 1974 .

(2) The Health Contributions Act, 1971 , and this Act may be cited together as the Health Contributions Acts, 1971 and 1974.