S.I. No. 297/2020 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Relevant Counties) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 11th August, 2020. | ||
I, Stephen Donnelly, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me 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 Justice and Equality, | ||
hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Relevant Counties) (Amendment) Regulations 2020. | ||
2. Regulation 5 of the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Relevant Counties) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 295 of 2020 ) is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (2): | ||
“(2) A person shall not organise, or cause to be organised, a funeral to be held in a relevant county other than where the number of people, excluding a minister of religion or priest (or any equivalent thereof in any religion), attending the funeral does not exceed 25.”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
9 August, 2020. | ||
STEPHEN DONNELLY, | ||
Minister for Health. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid - 19) (Relevant Counties) Regulations 2020 provide for certain temporary restrictions in County Kildare, County Laois and County Offaly because of Covid-19. These Regulations amend those Regulations to clarify that up to 25 people may attend a funeral. |