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S.I. No. 54/2021 - Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2021
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. This Order may be cited as the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2021.
2. In this Order, “Act of 2020” means the
Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020
(No. 16 of 2020).
3. The 10th day of February 2021 is appointed as the day on which section 101 of the Act of 2020, in so far as it relates to the insertion, in section 50A of the
Medical Practitioners Act 2007
, of subsections (3) and (4), shall come into operation.
4. The 13
th
day of February 2021 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Act of 2020 shall come into operation
(a) sections 51 and 52;
(b) section 53 (other than paragraph (a));
(c) sections 54 to 57;
(d) section 59;
(e) section 61 (other than paragraph (b));
(f) section 62 other than -
(i) paragraph (a)(ii) in so far as that paragraph relates to the insertion, in subsection (1) of
section 36
of the
Pharmacy Act 2007
, of paragraph (ba)(ii), and
(ii) paragraph (b);
(g) sections 63 to 73;
(h) section 74 (other than paragraph (d));
(i) sections 75 and 76.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
10 February, 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 the 10
th
day of February 2021 as the day on which certain provisions of the
Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020
(No. 16 of 2020) come into operation. These provisions, which amend the
Medical Practitioners Act 2007
, relate to registration on the Supervised Division of the Medical Council’s Register.
The Order also appoints the 13
th
day of February 2021 as the day on which certain provisions which amend the
Pharmacy Act 2007
come into operation.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
12
th February,
2021.
I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 1
(2) of the
Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020
(No. 16 of 2020), hereby order as follows