STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 291 of 2021

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HEALTH ACT 1947 (SECTION 31A - TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) (COVID-19) (NO. 2) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2021

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S.I. No. 291 of 2021

HEALTH ACT 1947 (SECTION 31A - TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) (COVID-19) (NO. 2) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2021

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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 Foreign Affairs, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Minister for Transport, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, hereby makes the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021.

2. The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 217 of 2021) are amended by the substitution of the Schedule to these Regulations for Schedule 3 to those Regulations.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigi úil” of 22nd June, 2021.

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SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 3A (1) (2) (3) (4) Event Date Location Maximum number of persons 1. Offaly v Derry, Men’s 19th day of Croke Park, 2,400 National Football June 2021 League Match 2. Camogie national 20th day of Croke Park, Dublin 3,000 league final June 2021 3. Irish Chamber 23rd day of University of Limerick 519 Orchestra performance June 2021 Concert Hall, Limerick 4. Shamrock Rovers v 25th day of Stadium, Dublin 1,000 Drogheda, League of June 2021 match 5. Athletics Ireland 26th day of , Dublin 400 National June 2021 Championships 6. Indoor concert 26th day of INEC, Kerry 200 June 2021 7. Race meeting 26th day of Curragh racecourse, Kildare 1,000 June 2021 8. Ladies Gaelic Football 26th day of Croke Park, Dublin 4,000 Association League June 2021 Finals (Divisions 1 and 2) 9. Shelbourne v Cork 26th day of , Dublin 750 City, Women’s June 2021 National League match ”.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health, 18 June, 2021.

COLM DESMOND, A person authorised under section 15 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 to authenticate the seal of the Minister for Health.

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

These Regulations amend the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 217 of 2021 ) to make amendments to the list of “Scheduled Events”.

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