Government Employees (Health Insurance) Amendment Act 2007
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (HEALTH INSURANCE)
AMENDMENT ACT 2007



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GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (HEALTH INSURANCE)
AMENDMENT ACT 2007


Date of Assent: 26 March 2007
Operative Date: 26 March 2007




WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Government Employees
(Health Insurance) Act 1986:

Be it enacted by The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Assembly of
Bermuda, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Short title
1 This Act, which amends the Government Employees (Health
Insurance) Act 1986 (the “principal Act”), may be cited as the
Government Employees (Health Insurance) Amendment Act 2007.

Amends section 16
2 Section 16 of the principal Act is amended—

(a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the
following—

“(1) Subject to this section, a government
employee who has completed an enrolment form shall
not be permitted to make an addition thereto in
respect of his dependants unless he has—

(a) in the case of a child who was previously
enrolled under the Scheme, given at least


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one month’s notice in writing of his
intention to make such addition; or

(b) in any other case, given at least six
months' notice in writing of his intention
to make such addition.”;

(b) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the
following—

“(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to an addition if
it has been occasioned by—

(a) birth, and the addition is made within one
month of the birth; or

(b) adoption, marriage, or the arrival in
Bermuda of the dependant concerned for
the purpose of taking up ordinary
residence therein, and the addition is
made within three months of the
occurrence giving rise thereto.”; and

(c) by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the
following—

“(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the addition
of a government employee’s—

(a) spouse who becomes a non-employed
spouse; or

(b) child who was covered by the health
insurance of the government employee’s
spouse, but has ceased to be covered
upon the spouse becoming—

(i) a non-employed spouse; or

(ii) self-employed.”.