S.I. No. 291/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 22nd June, 2021.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5 and 31A (inserted by section 10 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 (No. 1 of 2020)) of the Health Act 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) and -

(a) having regard to the immediate, exceptional and manifest risk posed to human life and public health by the spread of Covid-19 and to the matters specified in subsection (2) of section 31A,

and

(b) having consulted with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Minister for Transport, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media,

hereby makes the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021.

2. The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 217 of 2021 ) are amended by the substitution of the Schedule to these Regulations for Schedule 3 to those Regulations.

SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE 3

Regulation 3A

	(1) Event	(2) Date	(3) Location	(4) Maximum number of persons
1.	Offaly v Derry, Men’s National Football League Match	19th day of June 2021	Croke Park, Dublin	2,400
2.	Camogie national league final	20th day of June 2021	Croke Park, Dublin	3,000
3.	Irish Chamber Orchestra performance	23rd day of June 2021	University of Limerick Concert Hall, Limerick	519
4.	Shamrock Rovers v Drogheda, League of Ireland match	25th day of June 2021	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin	1,000
5.	Athletics Ireland National Championships	26th day of June 2021	Morton Stadium, Dublin	400
6.	Indoor concert	26th day of June 2021	INEC, Kerry	200
7.	Race meeting	26th day of June 2021	Curragh racecourse, Kildare	1,000
8.	Ladies Gaelic Football Association League Finals (Divisions 1 and 2)	26th day of June 2021	Croke Park, Dublin	4,000
9.	Shelbourne v Cork City, Women’s National League match	26th day of June 2021	Tolka Park, Dublin	750

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health,

18 June, 2021.

COLM DESMOND,

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 amend the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 217 of 2021 ) to make amendments to the list of “Scheduled Events”.