AI Summary of 1. Short title, commencement and operation
This Act may be cited as the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020. Part 3 comes into operation on such day as the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage may by order appoint; Part 5 comes into operation on 30 March 2020; the amendments effected by Part 8 are deemed to have come into operation on 13 March 2020; the amendments effected by Part 9 are deemed to have come into operation on 13 March 2020.
The amendments to, and other modifications of, the Mental Health Act 2001 effected by Part 5 continue in operation for the period beginning on 10 June 2021 and ending on the later of 9 November 2021 or a date specified in a resolution passed by each House of the Oireachtas under subsection (4). Each House may, before 9 November 2021, pass a resolution to continue those amendments for a period not exceeding three months ending on a date specified in the resolution. On and from 9 November 2021, or such later date as specified in a resolution under subsection (4), the Mental Health Act 2001 shall apply as it applied 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.
1. Short title, commencement and operation
(1) This Act may be cited as the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020.
(a) Part 3 shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage may by order appoint.
(b) Part 5 shall come into operation on the 30th day of March 2020.
(c) The amendments effected by Part 8 shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 13th day of March 2020.
(d) The amendments effected by Part 9 shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 13th day of March 2020.
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.