Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th 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)) and 31C (inserted by section 4 of the Health (Amendment) Act 2020 (No. 19 of 2020)) of the Health Act 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) -

(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 section 31A(2) of that Act,

(b) as regards Regulation 4, having regard also to the matters specified in section 31A(6C)(b) of that Act,

(c) as regards Regulation 5, having regard also to the matters specified in section 31A(6D)(b) of that Act, and

(d) having consulted with the Minister for Justice,

hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Fixed Payment Notice and Dwelling Event Provisions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 12^th day of April 2021.

2. The following are revoked:

(a) the Health Act 1947 (Fixed Payment Notice and Dwelling Event Provisions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 536 of 2020 );

(b) the Health Act 1947 (Fixed Payment Notice and Dwelling Event Provisions (Coivd-19) Regulations (Amendment) (No. 3) 2021 ( S.I. No. 158 of 2021 ).

3. In these Regulations, “Act of 1947” means the Health Act 1947 (No. 28 of 1947).

4. The provisions specified in column (2) of Schedule 1, each of which is a penal provision for the purposes of section 31A of the Act of 1947, are prescribed to be fixed penalty provisions and the amount specified in column (3) of that Schedule, opposite a fixed penalty provision, is prescribed as the fixed payment in respect of the fixed penalty provision concerned.

5. Regulations 6(1) and 9(1) of the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 168 of 2021), being penal provisions for the purposes of section 31A of the Act of 1947, are prescribed to be dwelling event provisions.

6. The form set out in Schedule 2 is prescribed for the purposes of sections 31A(6C)(c) and 31C(1) of the Act of 1947.

Schedule 1

Regulation 4

Schedule 2

Regulation 6

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

10 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 revoke the Health Act 1947 (Fixed Payment Notice and Dwelling Event Provisions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 536 of 2020 ), as amended. These Regulations provide for certain penal provisions in Regulations made under Section 31A of the Health Act 1947 to be fixed penalty and/or dwelling event provisions.