Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 10) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

JurisdictionIreland
CitationIR SI 29/2021
Year2021

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd February, 2021.

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

hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 10) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of February 2021.

2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 10) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 701 of 2020 ).

3. Regulation 1 of the Principal Regulations is amended, in paragraph (2), by the substitution of “5th day of March 2021” for “31st day of January 2021”.

4. Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended -

(a) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (1):

“(1) Subject to paragraph (2) -

(a) an applicable person shall not leave his or her place of residence without reasonable excuse, or

(b) any other person who is not ordinarily resident in the State shall not travel within a relevant geographical location without reasonable excuse.”, and

(b) in paragraph (2) -

(i) by the substitution of “includes an applicable person leaving his or her place of residence or a person who is not ordinarily resident in the State travelling within a relevant geographical location in order to” for “includes an applicable person leaving his or her place of residence in order to”,

(ii) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (a):

“(a) work, comply with a contract of employment or contract for services, or otherwise engage in work or employment where -

(i) such work, compliance, or engagement relates to an essential retail outlet or an essential service, and in all the circumstances, it is not practicable to so work, comply or engage in the person’s place of residence, or

(ii) such work, compliance, or engagement is outside the State in accordance with Regulation 4A(2)(a),”, and

(iii) in subparagraph (x), by the substitution of “in the case of an applicable person, exercise” for...

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