S.I. No. 180/2003 - Infectious Diseases (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2003

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Infectious Diseases (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2003.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations the expression “Principal Regulations” means the Infectious Diseases Regulations, 1981 (

S.I. No. 390 of 1981

).

Amendment

3. (1) Article 8 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion before “Smallpox” of “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)”.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health and Children this 2

nd

day of May 2003

MICHEÁL MARTIN

MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND CHILDREN

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal representation.)

These Regulations amend the Infectious Diseases Regulations, 1981 (

S.I. No. 390 of 1981

) to include Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the exceptions listed in Article 8.

The Minister for Health and Children in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 5

and

29

of the

Health Act, 1947

(No. 28 of 1947) and by section 31 of the said Act, as amended by

section 34

of the

Health Act, 1953

(No. 26 of 1953), hereby makes the following regulations:-

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