Report of the Royal Commission on National Health Insurance

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Identifikator:: 1740277147

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-132094

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report of the Royal Commission on National Health Insurance

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stationery Office

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: XII, 394 S.

Digitisation:: 2020

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VIII. The approved society system

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le nt rs (e of V N. 1t 1£ J e VA 7 vd MAJORITY REPORT. 11% do not in his view adequately provide for its proper government, or are likely to operate unfairly to the prejudice of its members, to give notice to the Society, not less than one month before a general meeting, requiring it to consider the making of an amendment to the rule to which exception is taken. We further recommend that if in any case a Society should refuse or neglect to make the required amendment, the Minister should be empowered to make an Order directing that it should be deemed to be incorporated in the rules of the Society. We recognise that this proposal may be criticised in certain quarters as an infringement of the important principle of self-government of Societies by their members. We do not in any way suggest that this principle should be abrogated or that it should be open to the Minister to override the wishes of members and alter the rules of Societies as he may think fit. In order to make this clear and to provide the necessary safeguard, we suggest that it should be open to a Society to appeal against an Order of the Minister directing an amendment in its rules, and that the Society’s objections should be heard and decided by some indevendent tribunal. 27 at Tae DispuTES PROCEDURE. iQ 1 h ee 2 Nu nN \e ir 1S 'e vt | C e Te vi d VY n e 12 i. nN 241. As an illustration of the type of rule to which the suggested procedure might have to be applied, we may refer to the rules relating to the settlement of disputes between Societies and their members. We were informed that the Model Rule on this subject issued by the Department has been adopted by over 800 Societies, or more than four-fifths of the total number (Kinnear, Q. 23,750). This rule provides for disputes being referred to one tribunal only, before reference to the Minister, who is the final court of appeal under the Act. We were told, however, that the rules of many Societies dealing with this matter are still unsatisfactory. In England 13 Societies require appeals to be referred to two tribunals before reference to the Minister and 10 other Societies interpose three tribunals. There is, more- over, considerable variation in the time limits imposed by rule prescribing the period within which an aggrieved member is required to lodge an appeal, and in some of these there is reason to believe that the time limit operates harshly. In some cases onerous deposits varying in amount from bs. to 35s. are required from members before their appeals can be heard. We are of opinion that in the case of centralised Societies there should be only one tribunal within the Society for the hearing of appeals before reference to the Minister, and that in the case of a Society with branches not more than two such tribunals should be allowed, first, the branch tribunal, and, secondly, a tribunal of the District to which the branch is attached, or of the central body of the Society.

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