S.I. No. 124/2021 - Health (Amendment) Act 2021 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2021

1. This order may be cited as the Health (Amendment) Act 2021 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2021.

2. The 22

nd

day of March 2021 is appointed as the day on which section 7, in so far as that section inserts sections 38E, 38G, 38J, 38K and 38L into the Act of 1947, of the

Health (Amendment) Act 2021

(No. 1 of 2021) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 March, 2021.

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 appoints 22 March 2021 as the date on which those provisions of section 7 numbered sections 38E, 38G, 38J, 38K and 38L of the

Health (Amendment) Act 2021

come into operation. Those provisions concern the designation of states (section 38E), the making of regulations (section 38G), the maintenance of records (38KJ), data protection (38J) and arrangements with other Ministers to carry out certain functions under the Act (38L).

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

26

th March,

2021.

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

section 9

(2) of the

Health (Amendment) Act 2021

(No. 1 of 2021), hereby order as follows