Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2018

Short title, commencement, collective citations and construction

8. (1) This Act may be cited as the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2018.

(2) Section 3 shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Health may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

(3) Section 7 shall come into operation on 1 January 2019 and sections 2 and 4 shall come into operation on 1 April 2019.

(4) The Health Insurance Acts 1994 to 2017 and this Act (other than sections 5 to 7 ) may be cited together as the Health Insurance Acts 1994 to 2018 and shall be construed together as one.

(5) The Voluntary Health Insurance Acts 1957 to 2008 and sections 5 and 6 may be cited together as the Voluntary Health Insurance Acts 1957 to 2018 and shall be construed together as one.