National Health Insurance Act, 1929

Date of admission to membership.

9.—Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1) of the foregoing section when such sub-section comes into operation, an insured person who has been admitted to membership of an approved society, otherwise than by transfer from another approved society or from the Deposit Contributors Fund or from the Military Forces (International Arrangements) Insurance Fund or in pursuance of any arrangements made with Great Britain or the Isle of Man, shall be deemed to have become a member of such society as from the date of his last entry into insurance, but this provision shall not be construed as conferring on such insured person any right to benefit in respect of any claim arising before the date of his application for admission to such membership.