S.I. No. 506/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Exempted Traveller) (Covid - 19) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2021


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th October, 2021.

WHEREAS a programme of vaccinations for active immunisation to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 has now been administered to a significant part of the population of the State;

WHEREAS the administration of such vaccinations to a significant part of the population of the State has resulted in the easing of many of the restrictive measures which were for the time being in force for the purposes of preventing further transmission of the disease;

WHEREAS the prevalence of that disease both within the State and outside the State is such that the relative risk of importation of infection or contamination by travel has decreased;

WHEREAS regard has been had to the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health;

NOW I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me 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 make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Exempted Traveller) (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 11) 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 24:

“25. 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 on or after the 22nd day of September 2021.”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

1 October, 2021.

STEPHEN DONNELLY,

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.