All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Whole Act	30 June 2006	Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 338 of 2006), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Awards under Act excluded in calculation of income	Social Welfare (Consolidation Claims, Payments & Control) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 142 of 2007), arts. 2, 8(3)(d), 155(d)
Transfer of cert. functions under	Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1
S. 2 amended	Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007) ss. 3, 105 & sch. 2, pt. 7
	Health (Nursing Homes)(Amendment) Act 2007 (No. 1 of 2007) s. 10
S. 2 definition of "Authority" deleted	Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (No. 23 of 2010), ss. 2, 15(9), sch. 2, pt. 9, item 1
S. 4(4)(a) construction of references "registered medical practitioner"	Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25 of 2007), ss. 1(3), 108(1)
S. 6 change of applicant by reason of death of relevant person	Health (Repayment Scheme) (Change of Applicant by reason of Death of Relevant Person) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 855 of 2007), reg. 3
S. 6(1)(a), regs. applied to	Health (Interest Payable on Recoverable Health Charges) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 445 of 2006), reg. 3
S. 6(1)(b), regs. applied to	Health (Interest Payable on Recoverable Health Charges) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 445 of 2006), reg. 3
S. 9(2)(a)(ii) substituted	Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007), ss. 3, 105 & sch. 2, pt. 7
S. 9(2)(a)(ii)(I) substituted	Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (No. 23 of 2010), ss. 2, 15(9), sch. 2, pt. 9, item 2
S. 9(2)(b) amended	Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007) ss. 3, 105 & sch. 2, pt. 7
S. 9(2)(c) amended	Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007) ss. 3, 105 & sch. 2, pt. 7
S. 9(2)(d) new paragraph inserted	Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007) ss. 3, 105 & sch. 2, pt. 7
S. 9(2)(e) new paragraph inserted	Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007) ss. 3, 105 & sch. 2, pt. 7
S. 9(2)(f) new paragraph inserted	Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007) ss. 3, 105 & sch. 2, pt. 7
S. 9(2A) new subsection inserted	Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007) ss. 3, 105 & sch. 2, pt. 7
S. 11(12) substituted	Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007) ss. 3, 105 & sch. 2, pt. 7
S. 11(12)(a)(i) substituted	Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (No. 23 of 2010), ss. 2, 15(9), sch. 2, pt. 9, item 3
S. 11(13) new subsection inserted	Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007) ss. 3, 105 & sch. 2, pt. 7
S. 11(14) new subsection inserted	Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007) ss. 3, 105 & sch. 2, pt. 7
S. 12(3) amended	Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018), ss. 1(3), 204
S. 12(4) saver from disclosure	Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014), ss. 1(2), (3), 41, sch. 3
S. 13(2) am.	Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 10 of 2011), ss. 1(2), 6 & 97(a)
S. 13(4)(b) am.	Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 10 of 2011), ss. 1(2), 6 & 97(b)

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
S. 20	Health (Repayment Scheme) (Further functions of connected persons) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 212 of 2008)
	Health (Repayment Scheme) (Public Notice) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 120 of 2007)
	Health (Repayment Scheme) (Change of Applicant By Reason of Death of Relevant Person) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 855 of 2007)
	Health (Interest Payable on Recoverable Health Charges) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 445 of 2006)
S. 20(1)(d)	Health (Repayment Scheme) (Charge for Administering Patients Private Property Accounts) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 639 of 2007)