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S.I. No. 31/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Restrictions upon Travel to the State from Certain States) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Restrictions upon Travel to the State from Certain States) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
2. The
Health Act 1947
(Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Restrictions upon Travel to the State from Certain States) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (No. 11 of 2021) are amended, in paragraph (3) of Regulation 1, by the substitution of “the 5th day of March 2021” for “the 31st day of January 2021”.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
30 January, 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
.)
These Regulations, made under section 31A of the
Health Act 1947
(inserted by
section 10
of the
Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020
), extend the effective date of S.I. No. 11/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Restrictions upon Travel to the State from Certain States) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 until 5th March 2021.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
2
nd February,
2021.
I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me 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 Transport, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Justice,
hereby make the following regulations