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Number 17 of 2006
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HEALTH (REPAYMENT SCHEME) ACT 2006
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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PART 1
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Preliminary and General
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Section
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1. Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.
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2. Interpretation.
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3. Executive may enter into arrangement with person to provide services for purposes of this Act, etc.
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4. Power of scheme administrator to specify forms.
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PART 2
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Repayment Scheme
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5. Application for prescribed repayment.
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6. Determination of application.
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7. Priority of living relevant persons over estates of relevant persons.
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8. Operation of other enactments, etc. on prescribed repayments.
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9. Payment of prescribed repayments and operation of patients’ private property accounts, etc.
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10. Settlements.
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11. Donations of prescribed repayments, etc.
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12. Records.
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13. Special account.
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14. Governance.
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15. Notification of certain decisions.
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16. Appeals against certain decisions, etc.
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17. Recovery of payment of prescribed repayment procured through fraud or misrepresentation, etc.
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18. Audit by Comptroller and Auditor General.
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PART 3
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Miscellaneous
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19. Offences and penalties.
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20. Regulations.
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21. Power to remove difficulties.
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22. Laying of Regulations.
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23. Amendment of First Schedule to Ombudsman Act 1980.
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Acts Referred to
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Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003
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2003, No. 1
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Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003
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2003, No. 12
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Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003
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Finance Act 1993
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1993, No. 13
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Health (Amendment) Act 2005
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2005, No. 3
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Health Act 1953
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1953, No. 26
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Health Act 1970
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1970, No. 1
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Health Acts 1947 to 2006
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National Archives Act 1986
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1986, No. 11
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Ombudsman Act 1980
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1980, No. 26
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Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005
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2005, No. 26
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Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
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1997, No. 39
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Number 17 of 2006
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HEALTH (REPAYMENT SCHEME) ACT 2006
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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A SCHEME TO REPAY RECOVERABLE HEALTH CHARGES AND TO REGULATE PATIENTS’ PRIVATE PROPERTY ACCOUNTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
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[23rd June, 2006]
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
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