S.I. No. 452/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 15) Regulations 2021

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 7th September, 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 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:

1.

• (2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 6th day of September 2021.

2.

• (a) in Regulation 1, by the substitution, in paragraph (2), of “9th day of October 2021” for “6th day of September 2021”,

• (b) by the deletion of Regulations 3A, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11,

• (c) in Regulation 12, by the deletion of paragraph (2), and

• (d) by the substitution of the Schedule to these Regulations for Schedule 2 to those Regulations.

SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 12

Relevant businesses

1. Nightclubs and discotheques, including those licenced under the Public Dance Halls Act 1935 (No. 2 of 1935).

2. Outlets selling food or beverages whether on a retail or wholesale basis and whether in a non-specialised or specialised outlet except –

3. (a) insofar as they sell food or beverages on a takeaway basis or for consumption off the premises,

4. (b) insofar as they are staff canteens operating for the exclusive use of persons working in, or at, a particular premises,

5. (c) outlets that provide hotel or other accommodation services to guests, or

6. (d) outlets that provide food or beverages for consumption on a part of the premises that is wholly outdoors.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

4 September, 2021.

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 the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 217 of 2021 ) to remove the regulatory restrictions and penal provisions in a number of areas. The Regulations remain in effect until 9^th October 2021.