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Treatment benefit.
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25.—(1) A person shall, subject to satisfaction of the prescribed conditions, be entitled to such treatment benefit as may be specified by regulations.
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(2) The regulations for the purposes of this section may specify the payment of the whole or any part of the cost of any of the following:—
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(a) dental treatment,
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(b) hospital and convalescent home treatment,
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(c) medical and surgical appliances,
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(d) optical treatment and appliances,
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(e) specialist medical and specialist surgical treatment,
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(f) any other benefits of the same character as any of those mentioned in the foregoing paragraphs.
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(3) The payments referred to in subsection (2) of this section shall not exceed in the aggregate such sums (subject to a limit of five hundred thousand pounds in each financial year) as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Minister and the Minister for Finance.
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(4) This section shall remain in force until the day appointed under the next following subsection and shall then expire.
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(5) The Minister may by order appoint a day to be the day on which this section expires.
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Additional Rights to Benefit.
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