§ (1) This Act may be cited as the National Health Insurance Act, 1917, and shall he included among the Acts which may be cited as the National Insurance (Health) Acts, 1911 to 1917.
§ (2) This Act shall, save as otherwise herein expressly provided, come into operation on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and eighteen, or such later date or dates as the National Health Insurance Joint Committee may by order appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different purposes and different provisions of this Act.
§ (3) This Act shall be construed as one with Part I. of the principal Act, and any references in this Act to any provision of Part I. of the principal Act or of the National Insurance Act, 1913, which is amended by this Act, shall "be construed as a reference to that provision as so amended.
§ Lords Amendments:
§ In Sub-section (1), leave out the words "shall be included among the Acts which may be cited as."—Agreed to.
At the end of the same Sub-section, add the words, "and this Act may be cited 2052 together as the National Insurance (Health) Acts, 1911 to 1918."—Agreed to.
§ In Sub-section (20), leave out. the word "January," and insert instead thereof the word "July."—Agreed to.
§ In Sub-section (3), after the word "which," insert the words "has been amended by any other Act or."—Agreed to.