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Amendment of section 45 (full eligibility) of Act of 1970.
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2.—Section 45 of the Act of 1970 is hereby amended:
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(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “and who is ordinarily resident in the State” after “categories”, and
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(b) in subsection (7), by the insertion of “or who is not ordinarily resident in the State” after “mentioned in subsection (1)”,
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and the said subsections (1) and (7), as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section.
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TABLE
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(1) A person in either of the following categories and who is ordinarily resident in the State shall have full eligibility for the services under this Part—
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(a) adult persons unable without undue hardship to arrange general practitioner medical and surgical services for themselves and their dependants,
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(b) dependants of the persons referred to in paragraph (a).
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(7) Any person who is not in either of the categories mentioned in subsection (1) or who is not ordinarily resident in the State but who, in relation to a particular service which is available to persons with full eligibility, is considered by the chief executive officer of the appropriate health board to be unable, without undue hardship, to provide that service for himself or his dependants shall, in relation to that service, be deemed to be a person with full eligibility.
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