Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Face Coverings in Small Public Service Vehicles and Certain Premises) Regulations 2020
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in |
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 4th December, 2020. |
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 Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Minister for Transport and the Minister for Justice, |
hereby make the following regulations: |
Citation |
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Face Coverings in Small Public Service Vehicles and Certain Premises) Regulations 2020. |
Operation of Regulations |
2. (1) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 3rd day of December 2020. |
(2) These Regulations shall remain in operation until the 9th day of June 2021. |
Interpretation |
3. In these Regulations - |
“Act of 1961” means the Road Traffic Act 1961 (No. 24 of 1961); |
“face covering” means a covering of any type which when worn by a person covers the person’s nose and mouth; |
“reasonable excuse” shall be construed in accordance with Regulation 6; |
“relevant geographical location” means a geographical location to which an affected areas order applies; |
“small public service vehicle” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 1961; |
“travel by small public service vehicle” includes entering a small public service vehicle; |
“use” has the meaning assigned to it by section 22 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 (No. 37 of 2013). |
Requirement to wear face covering when travelling by small public service vehicle |
4. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person shall not, without reasonable excuse, use or travel by small public service vehicle within a relevant geographical location without wearing a face covering. |
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to - |
(a) a person under the age of 13 years, |
(b) a member of the Garda Síochána in the course of performing his or her duties, or |
(c) a person using or travelling by small public service vehicle when – |
(i) there is no other person in the vehicle, or |
(ii) the vehicle is not being driven or used for... |
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