S.I. No. 62/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Fixed Payment Notice and Dwelling Event Provisions) (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Fixed Payment Notice and Dwelling Event Provisions) (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 13

th

day of February 2021.

2. The

Health Act 1947

(Fixed Payment Notice and Dwelling Event Provisions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2020 (

S.I. No. 536 of 2020

) are amended in Schedule 1 by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 10

“

10.

Regulation 4A(1) of the

Health Act 1947

(Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 10) Regulations 2020 (

S.I. No. 701 of 2020

)

€500

”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

12 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.

)

These Regulations provide for a technical amendment to the

Health Act 1947

(Fixed Payment Notice and Dwelling Event Provisions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2020 (

S.I. No. 536 of 2020

).

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

16

th February,

2021.

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

sections 5

, 31A and 31C (inserted by

section 4

of the

Health (Amendment) Act 2020

(No. 19 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 section 31A(2) of that Act,

(b) having regard also to the matters specified in section 31A(6C)(b) of that Act, and

(c) having consulted with the Minister for Justice,

hereby make the following regulations