Hospital Insurance (Standard Premium) Regulations 2004
HOSPITAL INSURANCE (STANDARD PREMIUM) REGULATIONS
2004

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BR 20/2004

HOSPITAL INSURANCE ACT 1970

1970 : 523

THE HOSPITAL INSURANCE (STANDARD PREMIUM)
REGULATIONS 2004

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1 Citation
2 Standard premium
3 Persons over the age of 65

4 Recission
5 Commencement

The Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by
section 40(1)(b) of the Hospital Insurance Act 1970, makes the following
Regulations:

Citation
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Hospital Insurance
(Standard Premium) Regulations 2004.

Standard premium
2 Subject to regulation 3, the standard premium payable in
respect of standard hospital benefit shall be $120.00¢ a month (or
$27.69¢ a week where paid weekly) of which $17.05¢ a month (or $3.93¢
a week) shall be paid into the Mutual Re-Insurance Fund.

Persons over the age of 65
3 The standard premium payable in respect of standard hospital
benefit for persons over the age of sixty-five years who do not qualify for

HOSPITAL INSURANCE (STANDARD PREMIUM) REGULATIONS
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subsidised hospital treatment under section 2(1)(b) of the Act shall be
$428.85¢ a month (or $98.96¢ a week) of which $17.05¢ a month (or
$3.93¢ a week) shall be paid into the Mutual Re-Insurance Fund.

Recission
4 The Hospital Insurance (Standard Premium) Regulations 2003
are rescinded.

Commencement
5 These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 April 2004.

Made this 30th day of March, 2004

Minister of Finance