S.I. No. 533/2020 - Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Health) (Designation) Order 2020

1. This Order may be cited as the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) (Health) (Designation) Order 2020.

2. Each body specified in the Schedule to this Order is, for the purposes of

section 31

of the

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020

(No. 13 of 2020), designated and may hold hearings before it by remote hearing.

Schedule

Dental Council

Health and Social Care Professionals Council

Medical Council

Mental Health Commission

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council

Registration Boards established by section 26 or by regulation under

section 4

of the

Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

19 November, 2020.

STEPHEN DONNELLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

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

)

This Instrument designates each body listed in the Schedule as a body for the purposes of holding remote hearings under

section 31

of the

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020

.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

24

th November,

2020.

I, Stephen Donnelly, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (3) of

section 31

of the

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020

(No. 13 of 2020), and being satisfied it is appropriate to do so having regard to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) of that subsection as they relate to the bodies to which the following order applies, hereby order as follows