Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009
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Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1994. |
4.— Section 2 of the Act of 1994 is amended, in subsection (1)— | |
(a) by substituting the following definitions for the definition of “community rating”: | ||
“ ‘ community rated health insurance contract ’ means a health insurance contract which complies with section 7(1) or which would comply with that section but for its falling within section 7(5) or 7A; | ||
‘ community rating ’ means measures which, whether in whole or in part, apply towards the achievement of the principal objective specified in section 1A(1);”, | ||
(b) by inserting the following definition after the definition of “ day patient service ”: | ||
“ ‘ effect ’, in relation to a health insurance contract or other agreement, means to enter into or renew such contract or agreement, as the case may be;”. | ||
(c) by inserting the following definition after the definition of “ in-patient indemnity payment ”: | ||
“ ‘ net premium ’, in relation to a health insurance contract, means the premium payable under the contract in respect of an individual in any year of assessment after— | ||
(a) the deduction made therefrom to which the individual is entitled, for that year of assessment, by virtue of section 470 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 , and | ||
(b) the deduction (if any) made therefrom to which the individual is entitled, for that year of assessment, by virtue of section 470B of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 ;”, | ||
(d) in the definition of “ undertaking ”, by substituting “undertaking;” for “undertaking.”, and | ||
(e) by inserting the following definition after the definition of “undertaking”: | ||
“ ‘ year of assessment ’ has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 .”. |