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 .”.