| (1) |
An office bearer shall be entitled to be a member of a medical aid scheme duly established and registered in terms of a law and such office bearer shall be entitled to receive such medical aid benefits from the medical aid scheme to which he or she contributes as may be determined by the rules of such medical aid scheme. |
| (2) |
The amount of the contribution to be made to the medical aid scheme by the national government, of which a Deputy President, a Minister, a Deputy Minister, a member of the National Assembly or a permanent delegate is a member, shall, subject to any law, be determined by the Minister of Finance after taking into consideration the recommendations of the Commission, and such amount shall annually form a charge against the National Revenue Fund or be paid from monies appropriated by Parliament for that purpose, as the case may be. |
| (a) |
The upper limit of the contribution to be made to the medical aid scheme of which a Premier is a member, shall be determined by the President by proclamation in the Gazette after taking into consideration the recommendations of the Commission. |
| (b) |
The provincial legislature concerned shall by resolution, if the provincial legislature is then sitting, or if it is in recess, within 30 days of its next ensuing sitting, determine the amount of the contribution and such amount shall annually form a charge against the Provincial Revenue Fund. |
| (a) |
The upper limit of the contribution to be made to the medical aid scheme of which a member of the Executive Council or a member of a provincial legislature is a member, shall be determined by the President by proclamation in the Gazette after taking into consideration the recommendations of the Commission. |
| (b) |
The Minister of Finance shall determine the amount of the contribution by notice in the Gazette and such amount shall annually form a charge against the Provincial Revenue Fund. |
| (a) |
The upper limit of the contribution to be made to the medical aid scheme of which a member of a Municipal Council is a member, shall be determined by the Minister after consultation with the medical aid scheme concerned and after taking into consideration the recommendations of the Commission. |
| (b) |
The Minister, after consultation with the medical aid scheme concerned, shall determine the amount of the contribution and such amount shall annually form a charge against and be paid from the budget of the municipality concerned. |
| (6) |
The provisions of this section shall, subject to section 5(3), not apply to a traditional leader, a member of a local House of Traditional Leaders, a member of a provincial House of Traditional Leaders and a member of the National House of Traditional Leaders. |
[Subsection (6) substituted by section 29 (e) of Act No. 41 of 2003]
National Small Business Act, 1996 (Act 102 of 1996)
