S.I. No. 181/2021 - Health Act 1947 (Exempted Traveller) (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 20th April, 2021.

I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 5 , 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)) (in so far as it relates to regulation 2(c)) 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) and, in relation to regulation 2(c) -

(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, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media,

hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Exempted Traveller) (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021.

2. The Health Act 1947 (Exempted Traveller) (Covid-19) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 134 of 2021 ) are amended -

(a) by the insertion, in Regulation 2, of the following definition:

“ ‘Sport Ireland certification’ means a written certification that is provided to a person by Sport Ireland under Regulation 9(11) of the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Restrictions upon Travel to the State from Certain States) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 135 of 2021 );”,

(b) by the insertion of the following Regulation after Regulation 6:

“7. 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 -

(a) holds a valid Sport Ireland certification, and

(b) complies with any request of a relevant person or a member of the Garda Síochána under Regulation 8.”,

and

(c) by the insertion of the following Regulation after Regulation 7 (inserted by paragraph (b)):

“8. A relevant person or a member of the Garda Síochána may request a person to provide such information or documentation as may be required in order to ascertain whether or not the person holds a valid Sport Ireland certification.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

15 April, 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 amend Statutory Instrument No. 134 of 2021 and prescribe an additional exemption in that regard.