S.I. No. 489/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Exempted Traveller) (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 10) Regulations 2021

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 28th September, 2021.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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 makes the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Exempted Traveller) (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 10) 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 23:

“24. 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 arrives in the State within the period beginning on the 11th day of September 2021 and ending on the 25th day of September 2021 having been, within a period of 14 days prior to such arrival, in –

(a) the Republic of Argentina,

(b) the Plurinational State of Bolivia,

(c) the Federative Republic of Brazil,

(d) the Republic of Chile,

(e) the Republic of Colombia, or

(f) the Republic of Peru.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 September, 2021.

FERGAL GOODMAN,

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 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.