Updated to 16 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 431 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001
No. 17 of 2001
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1, 2 | 19 November 2001 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 514 of 2001), art. 3(a) |
| S. 3(a) | 29 June 2005 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 322 of 2005), art. 2 |
| S. 3(b)-(f) | 19 November 2001 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 514 of 2001), art. 3(b) |
| S. 4 | 19 November 2001 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 514 of 2001), art. 3(c) |
| S. 5 in so far as it relates to the amendment of the Health Insurance Act 1994 (16/1994), s. 6 | 9 June 2009 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 212 of 2009), art. 2(a) |
| S. 5 except in so far as it relates to the amendment of the Health Insurance Act 1994 (16/1994), s. 6 | 19 November 2001 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 514 of 2001), art. 3(d) |
| Ss. 6, 7 | 9 June 2009 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 212 of 2009), art. 2(b) |
| S. 8 | 29 June 2005 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 322 of 2005), art. 2 |
| Ss. 9-12 | 19 November 2001 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 514 of 2001), art. 3(e) |
| S. 13(a) | 19 November 2001 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 514 of 2001), art. 3(f) |
| S. 13(b) in so far it relates to the amendment of the Health Insurance Act 1994 (16/1994), s. 6 | 9 June 2009 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 212 of 2009), art. 2(a) |
| S. 13(b) except in so far it relates to the amendment of the Health Insurance Act 1994 (16/1994), s. 6 | 19 November 2001 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 514 of 2001), art. 3(f) |
| S. 13(c)-(g) | 19 November 2001 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 514 of 2001), art. 3(f) |
| Ss. 14, 15 | 19 November 2001 | Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 514 of 2001), art. 3(g) |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 14 repealed | 6/2008, ss.21, 22(3) and Schedule | 5 June 2008 | Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2008 (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 171 of 2008), art. 3(b) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |