S.I. No. 8/2022 - Health Act 1947 (Sections 31AB and 31AD) (Covid-19) (Operation of certain indoor premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Sections 31AB and 31AD) (Covid-19) (Operation of certain indoor premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

2. Regulation 1 of the

Health Act 1947

(Sections 31AB and 31AD) (Covid-19) (Operation of certain indoor premises) Regulations 2021 (

S.I. No. 385 of 2021

) is amended, in paragraph (2), by the substitution of “30th day of January 2022” for “9th day of January 2022”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

7 January, 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 amend S.I. 385 of 2021 (Operation of certain indoor premises) to extend the date of operation to 30

th

January 2022.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

11

th January,

2022.

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

sections 5

and 31AB and 31AD (inserted by

section 3

of the

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021

(No. 24 of 2021)) of the

Health Act 1947

(No. 28 of 1947) and –

(

a

) having regard to the matters specified in subsection (2) of section 31A, and

(

b

) having consulted with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Minister for Transport, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media,

hereby make the following regulations