S.I. No. 353/2022 - Public Health (Sunbeds) (Health Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 15th July, 2022.

I, FRANK FEIGHAN, Minister of State at the Department of Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 2 and 15 of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 (No. 12 of 2014) and the Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 3) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 599 of 2020 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Sunbeds) (Health Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

(2) The Principal Regulations, the Regulations of 2015 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Public Health (Sunbeds) (Health Information) Regulations 2015 to 2022.

2. In these Regulations—

“Principal Regulations” means the Public Health (Sunbeds) (Health Information) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 50 of 2015 );

“Regulations of 2015” means the Public Health (Sunbeds) (Health Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 168 of 2015 ).

3. Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations (as amended by Regulation 3 of the Regulations of 2015) is amended—

(a) by substituting for paragraph (2) the following:

“(2) The form prescribed in paragraph (1) shall contain the text set out in Schedule 2 and shall—

(a) be printed in black indelible ink on white paper or white cardboard, or

(b) be displayed on a screen in black text on a white background, in a form which allows for electronic signature,

in verdana typeface and a font size of at least 14.”, and

(b) by substituting for paragraph (4) the following:

“(4) The form prescribed in paragraph (3) shall contain the text set out in Schedule 3 and shall—

(a) be printed in black indelible ink on white paper or white cardboard, or

(b) be displayed on a screen in black text on a white background, in a form which allows for electronic signature or mark by the person proposing to use, hire or purchase a sunbed, and which allows for electronic signature by the owner, manager or employee of the sunbed business,

in verdana typeface and a font size of at least 14.”.

GIVEN under my hand,

12 July 2022

FRANK FEIGHAN,

Minister of State at the Department of Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the Public Health (Sunbeds) (Health Information) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 50 of 2015 ), as amended by the Public Health (Sunbeds) (Health Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 168 of 2015 ), to allow for persons using, hiring or purchasing sunbeds to confirm by electronic means that they have been provided with a copy of the prescribed information and have had an opportunity to read and consider same.

These Regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Sunbeds) (Health Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.