S.I. No. 700/2020 - Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (Part 2) (Commencement) Order 2020

1. This Order may be cited as the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (Part 2) (Commencement) Order 2020.

2. The 31

st

day of December 2020 at 11.00 p.m. is appointed as the day on which and the time at which Part 2 of the

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020

(No. 23 of 2020) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 December, 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 Order commences Part 2 of the

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020

. Part 2 of this Act amends the 1970 Health Act and provides the Minister for Health with order making powers to give effect to the healthcare arrangements provided for in the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland concerning Common Travel Area healthcare arrangements.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

5

th January,

2021.

I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 2

(1)(b) of the

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020

(No. 23 of 2020), hereby order as follows