Bermuda Consolidated Legislation

 

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

SR&O 5/1971

HOSPITAL INSURANCE (APPROVED SCHEME) REGULATIONS 1971

[made under sections 26 and 40 of the Hospital Insurance Act 1970 [title 18 item 9] and brought into operation on 6 February 1971]

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1 Interpretation

2 Minimum number of em ployees required

3 Form of application

4 Fee

SCHEDULE
Form of application

Interpretation

1 In these Regulations "the Act" means the Hospital Insurance Act 1970 [title 18 item 9].

Minimum number of employees required

2 The minimum number of employees required by any employer before he shall be entitled to discharge his obligations under section 20 of the Act by means of an approved scheme in pursuance of section 26 of the Act shall be one hundred:

Provided that the Minister may, in any particular case where he considers it appropriate to do so, give his approval to a proposed scheme which applies to less than one hundred employees.

Form of application

3 An application for approval by the Minister of a proposed scheme shall be in the form set in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Fee

4 Where an application is made under regulation 3 it shall be ac companied by a fee of $400.

[Regulation 4 amended by BR 15/1991 effective 1 April 1991, by BR 14/1994 effective 1 April 1994; and by BR 52/1998 effective 1 July 1998]

SCHEDULE

Application for Approval of a Proposed Scheme

Name of employer:

Place of business in Bermuda:

Nature of business:

Number of employees:

Benefits provided under the scheme in excess of standard hospital bene fit:

Are benefits provided under the scheme in respect of hospital treatment outside Bermuda:

Amount, if any, to be deducted per month from remuneration payable to employee:

Does the scheme give an employee the option of receiving cover for stan dard hospital benefit only on deduction therefor of not more than one half of the amount of the standard premium:

Notes: This form (3 copies) should be submitted to the Insurance Officer and should be accompanied by —

(a) 3 copies of the proposed scheme including all terms and conditions thereto;

(b) a copy of the undertaking of a surety required by section 28(3) of the Act.

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BR 15/1979
BR 16/1986
BR 15/1991
BR 14/1994
BR 52/1998]