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Version date: 3 April 2010 - onwards

6. Amendment of section 469 (relief for health expenses) of Principal Act.

(1) Section 469 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (1) by substituting the following for the definition of "health care":

"'health care' means prevention, diagnosis, alleviation or treatment of an ailment, injury, infirmity, defect or disability, and includes care received by a woman in respect of a pregnancy, but does not include -

(a) routine ophthalmic treatment,

(b) routine dental treatment, or

(c) cosmetic surgery or similar procedures, unless the surgery or procedure is necessary to ameliorate a physical deformity arising from, or directly related to, a congenital abnormality, a personal injury or a disfiguring disease;",

(b) in subsection (1) in the definition of "health expenses" by substituting the following for paragraph (c):

"(c) maintenance or treatment necessarily incurred in connection with the services or procedures referred to in paragraph (a) or (b),",

(c) in subsection (1) by deleting the definition of "hospital",