S.I. No. 165/2023 - Health (Amendment) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023

1. This Order may be cited as the Health (Amendment) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023.

2. The 17th day of April 2023 is appointed as the day on which the

Health (Amendment) Act 2023

(No.7 of 2023) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

6 April, 2023.

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 17th of April 2023 as the day on which the

Health (Amendment) Act 2023

will come into operation. Section 1 repeals Section 53C of the Health Act 1970 and provides for removal of the existing charge for acute public in-patient services (€80 per day). Section 1 also revokes the Health (Acute In-Patient Charges) Regulations 2021 (

S.I. No. 213 of 2021

).

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

11

th April,

2023.

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

section 2

(2) of the

Health (Amendment) Act 2023

(No. 7 of 2023), hereby order as follows