Mental Health Act 2001

F7[Exigencies of public health emergency

2A

2A. F8[]]

Annotations

Amendments:

F7

Inserted (30.03.2020 to 30.06.2020 and other dates if continued in operation) by Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (2/2020), s. 16, commenced as per s. 1(2)(b), (3)(1)(a), (b), subject to transitional exception in s. 24. The emergency period was extended by SIs made under s. 4, to 9.11.2020.

The section was continued in effect (9.11.2020 to 9.06.2021) by:

• Resolution of Dáil Éireann: Debates Volume 999 No. 7, 22 October 2020, Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 - Part 5: Motion

• Resolution of Seanad Éireann: Debates Vol. 272 No. 1, 22 October 2020, Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 and Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motions

The section was further continued in effect (10.06.2021 to 9.11.2021) by Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (2/2020), s. 1(3) as substituted (10.06.2021) by Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Act 2021 (12/2021), s. 2, commenced as per s. 5(2).

F8

Ceased (10.11.2021) by Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (2/2020), s. 1(3), as substituted (10.06.2021) by Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Act 2021 (12/2021), s. 2, commenced as per s. 5(2).

Editorial Notes:

E3

The section heading is taken from the amending section in the absence of one included in the amendment.