Section 2(1) of the Principal Act is further amended by -

(a) the deletion of the definition of "ancillary health services",

(b) the insertion of the following definition after the definition of "the Council Directives":

"'day patient service' means a health service provided in, or by persons attached to, a hospital in the following circumstances -

(a) the patient concerned is admitted on an elective basis for care or treatment or both,

(b) such care or treatment does not require the use of a bed overnight, and

(c) the patient is discharged as scheduled;",

(c) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of "hospital in-patient services":

"'hospital in-patient services' means in-patient services within the meaning of the Health Act, 1970, and includes any day patient service;",

(d) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of "premium":

"'premium' has the meaning assigned to it by the Insurance Act, 1936, and, in relation to a health insurance contract, includes any payment made to the undertaking concerned in respect of each person party to or named in the contract;",

(e) the insertion of the following definition after the definition of "the Registrar":