Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Act 2021
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Amendment of section 1 of Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 | ||
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2. Section 1 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 is amended by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (3): | ||
“(3) The amendments to, and other modifications of, the Mental Health Act 2001 effected by Part 5 continue in operation for the period beginning on the 10th day of June 2021 and ending on the later of— | ||
(a) the 9th day of November 2021, or | ||
(b) the date that is specified in a resolution passed by each House of the Oireachtas under subsection (4). | ||
(4) Each House of the Oireachtas may, before the 9th day of November 2021, pass a resolution to continue in operation the amendments to, and other modifications of, the Mental Health Act 2001 effected by Part 5 for such period, not exceeding 3 months, that ends on a date specified in the resolution. | ||
(5) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that, on and from the 9th day of November 2021 or such later date as is specified in a resolution passed by each House of the Oireachtas under subsection (4), the Mental Health Act 2001 shall apply and have effect as it applied and had effect immediately before the coming into operation of Part 5 but subject to any amendments made by any other Act of the Oireachtas after such coming into operation.”. |