Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020

Amendment of section 77 of Act of 2005

46. Section 77 of the Act of 2005 is amended—

(a) by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1),

(b) in subsection (1) —

(i) by the substitution of “shall (if satisfied that, in the case of an action referred to in paragraph (h) or (i), it is in the public interest to do so)” for “may, if satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so,”, and

(ii) in paragraph (i), by the substitution of “Health Service Executive” for “Minister”,

and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(2) The Council shall not publish anything under this section which is inconsistent with a decision (if any) of the Court arising from the performance of a function under section 69 or 70.”.