SERVICE OF NOTICE RELATING TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF QUARANTINE REGULATIONS

SERVICE OF NOTICE RELATING TO THE

ENFORCEMENT OF QUARANTINE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 291.08

SERVICE OF NOTICE RELATING TO THE

ENFORCEMENT OF QUARANTINE REGULATIONS

12th March, 2020

LEGAL NOTICE 44 of 2020.

The title of these regulations is the Service of Notice

relating to the Enforcement of Quarantine Regulations.

(1)

A Police officer, detailed to confirm or otherwise

the observance of the Enforcement of Directions relating to

Quarantine Regulations, 2020, who discovers that a person has

breached the conditions relating to quarantine imposed upon him,

shall hand over to the offender or affix in some conspicuous place at

the address of the offender a notice containing

(i)

the nature of the offence;

(ii)

the place, time and date of the offence;

(iii) the signature of the Police officer

handing over or affixing the notice; and

(iv)

information as to payment of the penalty.

(2) Where any notice has been handed over or affixed as is

provided in sub-regulation (1), the offender may, within fifteen days

of the termination of his quarantine period, pay the penalty in respect

of the breach in such manner as shown in that notice.

(3) Where the said penalty is not paid within the period

referred to in sub-regulation (2), proceedings shall be instituted

before a Commissioner for Justice in respect of the offence in

question.

Any breach of the provisions of the Enforcement of

Directions relating to Quarantine Regulations, shall be regarded as a

scheduled offence for the purposes of the Commissioners for Justice

Act.