C20

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act 2021 (37/2021), s. 3, not commenced as of date of revision.

F90[38R. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister shall designate in writing such facility (in this Act referred to as a "designated facility") or facilities in the State as he or she considers appropriate for the quarantine of applicable travellers under section 38N and different facilities may be designated for the quarantine of applicable travellers where a RT-PCR test in respect of such travellers detects the presence of Covid-19 or the virus SARS-CoV-2.

(2) The Minister shall, before designating a facility under subsection (1), be satisfied that the facility concerned is suitable, and of sufficient quality, to meet the health and welfare needs of those who will be quarantining in the facility.

(3) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after a designation is made under subsection (1), ensure that the fact of such designation is published on a website maintained by the Minister or the Government.

(4) An applicable traveller shall be subject to one or more charges in respect of the costs incurred in the provision of—

(a) the accommodation, maintenance and any treatment provided to the applicable traveller and any dependant person who is in the designated facility with that traveller in accordance with section 38N(10) while he or she and any such dependant person are in a designated facility, and

(b) any services referred to in section 38T provided in respect of him or her and, where applicable, a dependant person.

(5) The costs referred to in subsection (4) shall be payable by the applicable traveller in accordance with regulations made under section 38S and may be recovered as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction from the applicable traveller concerned.]