Social Welfare Act, 1950

Repeal of section 2 of National Health Insurance Act, 1942.

19.—(1) Section 2 of the National Health Insurance Act, 1942 (No. 5 of 1942), is hereby repealed.

(2) In subsection (4) of section 3 of the National Health Insurance Act, 1942 (No. 5 of 1942), for the words “the amount determined by the Minister under this section in relation to such year” there shall be substituted the words “such amount (not being less, in the case of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1951, and of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1952, than three hundred thousand pounds) as may be fixed with respect to the year in question by the Minister for Social Welfare with the consent of the Minister for Finance”.