S.I. No. 347/2020 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020.

2. Regulation 2 of the

Health Act 1947

(Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (

S.I. No. 326 of 2020

) is amended by the substitution of “the 5

th

day of October 2020” for “the 16

th

day of September 2020”.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health,

16 September, 2020.

COLM DESMOND,

A person authorised under

section 15

of the

Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924

to authenticate the seal of the Minister for Health.

.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation

.)

This provides for the extension of the date of operation of the

Health Act 1947

(Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 [

S.I. No. 326 of 2020

] until the 5th of October 2020

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

18

th September,

2020.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5 and 31A (inserted by

section 10

of the

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020

(No. 1 of 2020)) of the

Health Act 1947

(No. 28 of 1947) and -

(

a

) having regard to the immediate, exceptional and manifest risk posed to human life and public health by the spread of Covid-19 and to the matters specified in subsection (2) of section 31A, and

(

b

) having consulted with the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Justice and Equality, the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation,

hereby makes the following regulations