Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Act 2021

Amendment of section 2 of Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020

1. Section 2 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 is amended—

(a) in subsection (3), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) Part 3, continue in operation for the period beginning on the 10th day of June 2021 and ending on the later of—

(i) the 9th day of November 2021, or

(ii) the date that is specified in a resolution passed by each House of the Oireachtas under subsection (6).”,

and

(b) by the addition of the following subsection after subsection (5):

“(6) Each House of the Oireachtas may, before the 9th day of November 2021, pass a resolution to continue in operation the amendments effected by Part 3 for such period, not exceeding 3 months, that ends on a date specified in the resolution.”.