Section 17: Registration: employers and employees.

(1) Subject to such guidelines and regulations as may be made under this Act, an employer under the Scheme shall register itself and its employees under the Scheme and pay into the account of a designated health maintenance organisation, its contributions and the contributions in respect of its employees, at such time and in such manner as may be specified, from time to time, in guidelines issued by the Council.
(2) An application for the registration of an employer under the scheme shall be made in such form and manner as may be determined, from time to time, by the Council.
(3) A person not liable to pay contributions under this Act may apply to be registered as a voluntary contributor under the Scheme and shall, after being so registered, be liable to pay the specified contributions as required under this Act and be entitled to the health services referred to in subsection (1) of section 18 of this Act.