TO amend the  Medical  Schemes Act, 1998, so as to extend  certain  rights  of members to their dependants; to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of age; to distinguish  between  medical  schemes and legitimate  health  insurance  products; to further,  regulate  the  practice  of  reinsurance; to  restrict the circumstances  in  which waiting periods may be applied; to improve the powers of the Council and the Registrar to  act in the interests  of  members  and  their  dependants;  to  regulate  the marketing  of  entities  doing  the  business  of  a  medical scheme; to  provide  for  the  more frequent  submission of returns  to  the Registrar; to  determine  the  circumstances in which  inspections may be made; to clarify  the  powers  of  the  Registrar in regard to the investigation and resolution of complaints; to provide for the granting of urgent temporary  orders;  to  further  restrict the persons  who may be appointed as auditors of medical schemes; to  further  restrict  the  persons  who may  serve as trustees  of  a medical scheme,  and to further  clarify  their  duties;  to  restrict  the  persons  who may serve as principal officers of a medical scheme; to limit the purposes for which medical  schemes may compensate  brokers  and  provide  for  the  regulation of their professional conduct; to remove the requirement for staff of the Council to be members of the  Government  Employees  Pension  Fund;  and  to  provide  for  incidental matters.