Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 16th April, 2021.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5, 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)) and 31C (inserted by section 4 of the Health (Amendment) Act 2020 (No. 19 of 2020)) of the Health Act 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) -

(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 section 31A(2) of that Act,

(b) having regard also to the matters specified in section 31A(6C)(b) of that Act, and

(c) having consulted with the Minister for Justice,

hereby makes the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Fixed Payment Notice and Dwelling Event Provisions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2021 (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 13th day of April 2021.

2. The Health Act 1947 (Fixed Payment Notice and Dwelling Event Provisions) (Covid -19) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 170 of 2021) are amended, in Schedule 1, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 10:

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health,

12 April, 2021.

COLM DESMOND,

A person authorised under section 15 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 to authenticate the seal of the 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 (Fixed Payment Notice and Dwelling Event Provisions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 170 of 2021 ) to provide for certain penal provisions in the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 168 of 2021 ) to be fixed penalty and/or dwelling event provisions.