Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd September, 2021.

I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 5 and 38G (inserted by section 7 of the Health (Amendment) Act 2021 (No. 1 of 2021)) of the Health Act 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Exempted Traveller) (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 9) Regulations 2021.

2. The Health Act 1947 (Exempted Traveller) (Covid-19) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 134 of 2021 ) are amended by the insertion of the following Regulation after Regulation 22:

“23. For the purposes of paragraph (j) of the definition of “exempted traveller” in section 38B(25) of the Act of 1947, a person is prescribed as an exempted traveller where the person –

(a) arrives in the State within the period beginning on the 14th day of August 2021 and ending on the 27th day of August 2021 having been, within a period of 14 days prior to such arrival, in –

(i) the People’s Republic of Bangladesh,

(ii) the Republic of Botswana,

(iii) the Republic of Cuba,

(iv) the Democratic Republic of the Congo,

(v) the Kingdom of Eswatini,

(vi) the Republic of Fiji,

(vii) Georgia,

(viii) the Republic of India,

(ix) the Republic of Kazakhstan,

(x) Malaysia,

(xi) the Republic of Mozambique,

(xii) the Republic of the Union of Myanmar,

(xiii) the Republic of Namibia,

(xiv) the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,

(xv) the Republic of Paraguay,

(xvi) the Russian Federation,

(xvii) the Republic of South Africa,

(xviii) the Republic of Suriname,

(xix) the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago,

(xx) the Republic of Tunisia,

(xxi) the Republic of Uganda,

(xxii) the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, or

(xxiii) the Republic of Zimbabwe,

and

(b) has not during the period of 14 days prior to such arrival been in any designated state other than a state referred to in subparagraph (i) to (xxiii) of paragraph (a).”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 August, 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 made under Sections 5 and 38G (inserted by section 7 of the Health (Amendment) Act 2021 (No. 1 of 2021)) of the Health Act 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) amend the regulations set out in SI 134 of 2021 to prescribe certain additional persons as exempted in that regard.