Health Service (Benefit) (Amendment) (No.2) Ordinance, 2011

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The Health Service (Benefit) (Amendment) (No.2) Ordinance, 2011

THE STATES LEGISLATION SELECT COMMITTEE, in pursuance of the Resolution of the States of the 26^th October, 2011[a], and in exercise of the powers conferred on the States by sections 13 and 35 of the Health Service (Benefit) (Guernsey) Law, 1990[b], and on the Committee by Article 66(3) of the Reform (Guernsey) Law, 1948[c], hereby orders:-

Amendment of 1990 Ordinance.

1. (1) The Health Service (Benefit) Ordinance, 1990[d] is further amended as follows.

(2) Immediately after section 3(2)(c), insert -

"(d) to a person who is entitled to receive attendance allowance.".

(3) In section 9(1), immediately before the definition of "the Law" insert the following definition -

""attendance allowance" has the meaning given by section 1(1) of the Attendance and Invalid Care Allowances (Guernsey) Law, 1984,".

Interpretation.

2. (1) Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this Ordinance to an enactment are references thereto as amended, re-enacted (with or without modification), extended or applied.

(2) The Interpretation (Guernsey) Law, 1948[e] shall apply to the interpretation of this Ordinance throughout the Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Herm and Jethou.

Citation.

3. This Ordinance may be cited as the Health Service (Benefit) (Amendment) (No.2) Ordinance, 2011.

Extent.

4. This Ordinance shall have effect in the Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Herm and Jethou.

Commencement.

5. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 1^st January, 2012.

[a]	Article X of Billet d'État No. XVII of 2011.
[b]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXXII, p. 192; Order in Council No. IX of 2003 and No. II of 2011; Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXVI, pp. 177, 483, and 495; Tome XXIX, pp. 182, 373, 406 and 580 and modified by Tome XXVI, pp. 484 and 491; Tome XXVII, p. 200; Tome XXVIII, p. 1; Tome XXIX, pp. 182, 196, 200 and 210; Tome XXXI, p. 628 and Tome XXXII, p. 628.
[c]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIII, p. 288; there are amendments not material to this Ordinance.
[d]	Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXV, pp. 191 and 310; Tome XXVI, pp. 185, 331, 447, 482 and 498; Tome XXVII, p. 114; Tome XXVIII, pp. 158 and 550; Tome XXIX, pp. 182, 305, 373, 426 and 590; Tome XXX, pp. 20 and 517; Tome XXXI, p. 628; Tome XXXII, p. 628; Tome XXXIII, pp. 218 and 653; Ordinance No. XLVII of 2010; the Health Service Benefit (Amendment) Ordinance, 2011, made by the States of Deliberation on 30^th November 2011.
[e]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIII, p. 355.