Health (Amendment) Act 2017
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Amendment of section 59 of Act of 1970 | ||
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3. Section 59 (amended by section 30 of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 ) of the Act of 1970 is amended— | ||
(a) by the substitution, in subsection (1A), of “subsections (1B) and (1C) and section 59A” for “subsections (1B) and (1C)”, and | ||
(b) in subsection (1B)— | ||
(i) by the substitution, in paragraph (a), of “Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) and subsection (3) of section 59A” for “Subject to paragraph (b)”, | ||
(ii) by the substitution, in paragraph (b), of “the maximum aggregate amount referred to in paragraph (a) or subsection (3) of section 59A” for “the maximum aggregate amount referred to in paragraph (a)”, and | ||
(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b): | ||
“(c) Where a child referred to in subsection (5B) of section 45 has full eligibility solely by reason of that subsection, the maximum aggregate amount referred to in paragraph (a) shall apply in respect of items referred to in subsection (1A) supplied in a month— | ||
(i) to that child, or | ||
(ii) in the case where an allowance referred to in subsection (5B) of section 45 is being paid to the same person in respect of more than one such child, to those children.”. |