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HEALTH INSURANCE (PROCEDURE FOR SUBSIDY PAYMENTS) REGULATIONS 1971

SR&O 16 / 1971

[made under sections 2 and 40 of the Health Insurance Act 1970 and brought into operation on 1 April 1971]

[NB Formerly the Hospital Insurance (Procedure for Subsidy Payments) Regulations 1971. Title amended, and references to “hospital insurance”, “Hospital Insurance Fund” and “Commission” substituted by “health insurance”, “Health Insurance Fund” and “Council” by 2004:22 s.19 & Sch para 2 effective 1 January 2006; “Council” substituted by “Committee” by 2009:49 s.15(11) effective 15 December 2009]. These amendments are not individually noted]

Interpretation

1 In these Regulations “the Act” means the Health Insurance Act 1970.

Accounts to be submitted to Committee

2 The Committee shall be the authority to whom the accounts of the Board relating to claims for the payment of subsidy under section 2 of the Act shall be submitted. [Regulation 2 amended by 2004:22 1 January 2006]

3. Procedure for verification of accounts

(1) The Board shall, not later than the last day of each month, submit to the Committee, in respect of each patient for whom subsidy is claimed, an account, certified by an authorized officer of the Board showing the cost of providing hospital treatment for that patient, being treatment in respect of which subsidy is payable, during the month preceding that in which the account is to be submitted.

HEALTH INSURANCE (PROCEDURE FOR SUBSIDY PAYMENTS) REGULATIONS 1971

(2) The Committee shall, on receipt of the accounts submitted under paragraph

(1), check that the persons in respect of whom such accounts are submitted are entitled to subsidized hospital treatment under section 2 of the Act and, having satisfied itself that such accounts are accurate in all respects, shall, within one month of the receipt of such accounts, submit to the Accountant General a statement of the total amount of subsidy payable to the Board for the month to which the accounts relate; such amount being one- twelfth of the sum appropriated by the Legislature in respect of subsidy payments to the Board for the year in question.

(3) The statement submitted to the Accountant General under paragraph (2) shall be certified as correct by the Committee.

(4) The Accountant General shall, within one month of receipt of the statement of the Committee, pay to the Board the amount of subsidy certified by the Committee. [Regulation 3 amended by 2002:26 s.3(6) effective 1 August 2005; by 2004:22 effective by notice in Gazette; by 2009:49 s.15(11) effective 15 December 2009; paragraph (2) amended by 2017 : 25 s. 14 effective 1 April 2017]

Accountant General may give directions

4 The procedure set out in regulation 3 shall have effect subject to any special or general directions which may be given by the Accountant General under the provisions of the Public Treasury (Administration and Payments) Act 1969.

[Amended by:

2002 : 26

2004 : 22

2009 : 49

2017 : 25]