Health Contributions (Amendment) Act, 1978
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Amendment of section 3 of Health Contributions Act, 1971ss. |
1.— Section 3 of the Health Contributions Act, 1971 , is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1) (inserted by section 1 of the Health Contributions (Amendment) Act, 1977 ): | |
“(1) In the period beginning on the 1st day of April, 1978, and ending on the date specified by order for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section, health contributions shall be— | ||
(a) in the case of a person insured under the Act of 1952 to whom section 4 or 5 of this Act applies, at the weekly rate of fifty new pence, and | ||
(b) in the case of any other person, at the annual rate of £24, and the latter shall be collected at such intervals as may be prescribed.”. |