National Health Insurance Act, 1947

Non-insurance of officers of Reserve Force.

7.—(1) An officer of the Reserve Force shall not be insurable for the purposes of Part II of the Act of 1936 during any period in which his rate of remuneration in respect of his service in the Reserve Force exceeds in value two hundred and fifty pounds a year.

(2) If any question arises under subsection (1) of this section whether the rate of remuneration of an officer of the Reserve Force in respect of his service in the Reserve Force during any period exceeds or exceeded in value two hundred and fifty pounds a year, the question shall be referred to the Minister for Defence whose decision shall be final.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 7th day of June, 1940.

(4) In respect of any period of service in the Reserve Force of an officer of the Reserve Force on or after the commencement of section 19 of this Act, subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be construed as if the words “five hundred pounds” were substituted for the words “two hundred and fifty pounds”.