National Health Insurance Act, 1933

Admission to membership of Unified Society.

11.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Unified Society shall not be entitled to reject an applicant for membership who is an insured person or a person entitled to become an insured person.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the Unified Society from refusing to admit to membership on account of the state of his health any insured person who is either—

(a) a person entitled to benefits out of the Military Forces (International Arrangements) Insurance Fund; or

(b) a person who having served in the Navy, Army or Air Force of Great Britain and not having been a member of an approved society in Great Britain or Northern Ireland while so serving, becomes resident in Saorstát Eireann within six months after his discharge from such Navy, Army or Air Force and applies to become a member of the Unified Society within twelve months after the date of his said discharge.

(3) Any dispute between the Unified Society and a person who claims to become a member of the Unified Society shall be decided in like manner as if it were a dispute between the Unified Society and an insured person who is a member thereof.