Medical and Elderly Care Endowment Schemes Act(CHAPTER 173A)
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
Part II MEDIFUND SCHEME
Division 1 Medifund
3 Reconstitution of Medical Endowment Fund
4 Capital moneys of Medifund
5 Application of income of Medifund
6 Advisory Council
7 Functions of Council and directions by Minister
Division 2 Grants to Medifund Committees
8 Approved institutions
9 Conditions on payment of grants
10 Medifund Account
11 Withdrawal from Medifund Account
12 Dissolution, etc., of Medifund committee or approved institution
13 Accounts of Medifund Account
Division 3 Medifund Committees
14 Medifund committees
15 Applications by eligible patients
16 Application made on behalf of patient
17 Payments authorised by Medifund committee
Part III ELDERCARE SCHEME
Division 1 Establishment of ElderCare Fund
18 Establishment of ElderCare Fund
19 Administration of ElderCare Fund
20 Capital moneys of ElderCare Fund
21 Application of income of ElderCare Fund
Division 2 Approved Providers
22 Subvention only for approved providers
23 Application to be approved provider
24 Cessation of approval
25 Revocation and suspension of approval
Division 3 Subventions
26 Amount of subvention
27 Conditions of subventions
28 Payment of subvention
29 Consequences for non-compliance
30 Recovery of overpayments of subventions
31 Duties of approved providers
32 Monitoring powers
Part IV GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
33 Administrative expenses
34 Financial year of Medifund and ElderCare Fund
35 Accounts
36 Mode of payment out of Funds
37 Appointment, powers and duties of auditor
38 Failure to furnish information to auditor
39 Presentation of annual report, financial statements and auditor’s report to Parliament
Part V MISCELLANEOUS
40 Obstructing authorised officers in execution of their duties
41 False or misleading information
42 Protection against personal liability
43 Confidentiality of information
44 Service of documents
45 Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
46 Regulations
47 Transitional and saving provisions
Legislative History