15 of 2014 national health insurance (amendment) ordinance 2014

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 2014 (Ordinance 15 of 2014)

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Short title and commencement Section 37 amended Application

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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 2014 (Ordinance 15 of 2014)

Assent…………………………………………….22nd July 2014 Publication in Gazette………………………….22nd July 2014 Commencement…………………in accordance with section 1 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ORDINANCE; AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES.

ENACTED by the Legislature of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Short title and commencement 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the National Health Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance 2014 and shall come into operation on such day as the Governor may appoint by Notice published in the Gazette.

Section 37 amended 2. Section 37 of the National Health Insurance Ordinance is amended by repealing subsection (1) and substituting— “(1) Any person who fails to pay any contribution in respect of any period on the day on which payment is due shall be liable to pay an additional charge at the rate of three per cent of the outstanding contributions for each month or part thereof during which the contribution remains unpaid.”.

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Application 3. The amendment effected by this Ordinance does not apply or extend to contributions due and payable before the commencement of this Ordinance. __________

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