Parliamentary and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme Amendment Act

1. The following section is hereby substituted for section 1 of the Parliamentary 5 and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme Act, 1975: "Compulsory membership of Parmed Medical Aid Scheme of certain persons

1. Every person who is or becomes- (a) while not being a member of either the [House of] National 10 Assembly or the [House of Representatives or the House of Delegates] Senate, an Executive Deputy President or a Minister . [or Deputy Minister]; (b) · [an Administrator of a province] a judge of the Constitutional · • • · Court;· (c) a judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa in a permanent capacity; . . (d) a member of the [House of] National Assembly or of the [House of Representatives, of the House of Delegates or of the President's Council or ora provincial council] Senate; . · . . . . . . . - 15 20 (e) [while not being a member of a provincial council, a meinber of the · executive committee or a province] a member of a provincial legislature in a case where the provincial legislature concerned · has resolved that this Act shall apply to its members; _ (f) any other office-bearer in the service of the Republic approved by 25 the [State] President for the purposes of this Act and made known by [him by notice] proclamation in the Gazette, 4 No.17069 Act No. 8, 1996 GOVERNMENT GAZEITE, 29 MARCH 1996 PARLIAMENTARY AND PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AID SCHEME AMENDMENT ACf,1996 shall, for as long as he or she holds that office or post, be a member of the Parmed Medical Aid Scheme, subject to the rules of that medical aid scheme as registered· in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Schemes Act, 1967 (Act No. 72 of 1967): Provided that if any person and his or her spouse both qualify for compulsory me~bership 5 of the said Scheme in terms of this section, only one of them shall be obliged to be such a member.". Short title

2. This Act shall be called the Parliamentary and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme Amendment Act, 1996. 10