National Health Insurance and Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1936

Qualification for and disqualification of insured persons (trades union nominees) members and insured persons' (local authorities' nominees) members.

9.—(1) A person shall not be qualified to be nominated an insured persons' (trades union nominees) member or to be elected, nominated, or selected as an insured persons' (local authorities' nominees) member if at the date of his nomination, election or selection—

(a) he is under the age of twenty-one years, or

(b) he is not an insured person, or

(c) he is an officer or employee of the Unified Society, or

(d) he is a member of the committee of management or board of directors of any society or company transacting insurance business, or

(e) he is employed as an officer, agent or employee of any such society or company.

(2) Whenever an insured persons' (trades union nominees) member or an insured persons' (local authorities' nominees) member is employed as an officer or employee of the Unified Society, or becomes a member of the committee of management or board of directors of any society or company transacting insurance business, or is employed as an officer, agent, or employee of any such society or company, he shall be disqualified from continuing to be and shall forthwith cease to be an insured persons' (trades union nominees) member or an insured persons' (local authorities' nominees) member (as the case may be).