Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020
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Commencement and operation | ||
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2. (1) The amendments effected by sections 4 , 5 and 6 shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 9th day of March 2020. | ||
(2) The amendments effected by sections 7 and 8 shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 13th day of March 2020. | ||
(3) The amendments effected by— | ||
(a) Part 2 , subject to subsection (4), continue in operation until the 9th day of May 2020, and | ||
(b) Part 3 , continue in operation until the 9th day of November 2020, unless a resolution approving of the continuation of Part 3 has been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas. | ||
(4) The Government, at the request of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection following consultation with any other Minister of the Government as he or she considers appropriate having regard to the functions of that Minister of the Government, may where they are satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, from time to time, by order declare that all or any of the amendments effected by Part 2 shall continue in operation for such period or periods as may be specified in the order concerned. | ||
(5) An order under subsection (4) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder. |