Health Contributions Act, 1971
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Rates of contributions. |
3.—(1) In the period beginning on the date of the commencement of this Act and ending on the date specified by order for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section, health contributions shall be— | |
(a) in the case of a person insured under the Act of 1952 to whom section 4 or 5 of this Act applies, at the weekly rate of 15 new pence, and | ||
(b) in the case of any other person, at the annual rate of £7, and shall be collected at such intervals as may be prescribed. | ||
(2) From the date specified by order for the purposes of this subsection, health contributions shall be— | ||
(a) in the case of persons other than those mentioned in section 46 (1) (c) of the Act of 1970, at a rate related to the persons' incomes and fixed by regulations made from time to time by the Minister for the purposes of this section, and | ||
(b) in the case of persons mentioned in section 46 (1) (c) of the Act of 1970, in accordance with such a scale of contributions, related to the rateable valuation of the farm or farms (including the buildings thereon) from the farming of which the persons' incomes are derived, as may from time to time be fixed by regulations made by the Minister under this section. | ||
(3) For the purposes of this section income shall include, in relation to any person, the income of a spouse of that person where the spouse is resident with that person. | ||
(4) The Minister may by order, made with the consent of the Minister for Finance, specify a date for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section. | ||
(5) The Minister may, by regulations made with the consent of the Minister for Finance, define income for the purposes of this section, either by reference to any other enactment or in such other manner as he thinks fit. |