S.I. No. 152/2025 - Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (Section 6) (Commencement) Order 2025


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd May, 2025.

I, JENNIFER CARROLL MACNEILL, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (2) of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (No. 14 of 2023), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (Section 6) (Commencement) Order 2025.

2. The 6th day of May 2025 is appointed as the day on which section 6 of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (No. 14 of 2023) shall come into operation.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 April, 2025.

JENNIFER CARROLL MACNEILL,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order appoints the 6th May 2025 as the day on which section 6 of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (No. 14 of 2023) comes into operation.

This section amends the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 and relates to immunity from prosecution for certain cohorts of persons performing functions under the Act.