Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2014

Amendment of section 7 of Principal Act

2. (1) Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (5)(b), by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (i):

“(i) (I) to a person who is of or over the age of 18 years and under the age of 21 years, such a net premium being not more than 50 per cent of the net premium in respect of a person other than the persons specified in this subsection under a health insurance contract effected by that undertaking,

(II) to a person who is of or over the age of 21 years and under the age of 22 years, such a net premium being not less than 51 per cent and not more than 60 per cent of the net premium in respect of a person other than the persons specified in this subsection under a health insurance contract effected by that undertaking,

(III) to a person who is of or over the age of 22 years and under the age of 23 years, such a net premium being not less than 61 per cent and not more than 70 per cent of the net premium in respect of a person other than the persons specified in this subsection under a health insurance contract effected by that undertaking,

(IV) to a person who is of or over the age of 23 years and under the age of 24 years, such a net premium being not less than 71 per cent and not more than 80 per cent of the net premium in respect of a person other than the persons specified in this subsection under a health insurance contract effected by that undertaking,

(V) to a person who is of or over the age of 24 years and under the age of 25 years, such a net premium being not less than 81 per cent and not more than 90 per cent of the net premium in respect of a person other than the persons specified in this subsection under a health insurance contract effected by that undertaking, and

(VI) to a person who is of or over the age of 25 years and under the age of 26 years, such a net premium being not less than 91 per cent and not more than 100 per cent of the net premium in respect of a person other than the persons specified in this subsection under a health insurance contract effected by that undertaking,”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5):

“(5A) Where a registered undertaking proposes to reduce the net premium payable in the manner provided by subsection (5)(b)(i), it shall do so in relation to all classes of persons referred to in clauses (I) to (VI) of that subsection in the manner provided in those clauses.”.

(2) Subsection (1) comes into operation on 1 May 2015.