S.I. No. 102/2022 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A

1. (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. 5) (Revocation) Regulations 2022.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 6th day of March 2022.

2. The

Health Act 1947

(Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Restrictions upon Travel to the State from Certain States) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (

S.I. No. 135 of 2021

) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

5 March, 2022.

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 revoke the

Health Act 1947

(Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Restrictions upon Travel to the State from States) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (

S.I. No. 135 of 2021

).

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

8

th March,

2022.

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, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Minister for Justice, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media,

hereby make the following regulations