S.I. No. 57/1968:

GENERAL INSTITUTIONAL AND SPECIALIST SERVICES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1968.

GENERAL INSTITUTIONAL AND SPECIALIST SERVICES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1968.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) and section 22 of the Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953) as amended by Section 2 of the Health Act, 1954 (No. 23 of 1954) hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1968.

2. Article 5 of the General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 43 of 1956 ) shall be amended by the deletion of paragraph (b) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following:--

"(b) Any person who is on the relevant date a voluntary contributor as respects whom not less than twenty-four voluntary contributions have been paid for the contribution year before the relevant date or not less than seventy-two voluntary contributions have been paid for the three contribution years before the relevant date".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, this 8th day of March,

One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-Eight.

SEÁN FLANAGAN,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe the number of voluntary contributions which a voluntary contributor requires, to establish entitlement to certain health services available under the Health Act, 1953 .