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The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Revival) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 in Scotland

S.R. 2021/7 · Made 15 January 2021

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Mental Health

Made 15th January 2021

The Department of Healthf1 makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 88(3) of the Coronavirus Act 2020f2.

The Department of Health is satisfied that the conditions specified in section 88(13) of that Act are satisfied in relation to the provisions revived by this Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2016 c. 5 (N.I.), s. 1(5)

f2

2020 c.7

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Revival of modifications of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Revival) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021.

2Revival of modifications of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986

The following provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020, so far as not already in operation, come into operation again on 18th January 2021–

(a)

Part 2 of Schedule 10 (modifications of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986f1);

(b)

section 10(3) (temporary modification of mental health and mental capacity legislation) so far as relating to Part 2 of Schedule 10;

(c)

Part 1 of Schedule 10 (introductory provision etc) so far as relating to Part 2 of Schedule 10.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 15 January 2021

L.S.

Mark Lee

A senior officer of the Department of Health

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revives provisions in Part 2 (modifications of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986) of Schedule 10 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 (“the 2020 Act”).

Article 2 provides for the revival of the operation of Part 2 of Schedule 10 to the 2020 Act and other specified provisions so far as relating to Part 2 of Schedule 10.

The relevant provisions of the 2020 Act were commenced by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Commencement No.1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 on 2nd April 2020. They were suspended on 10th August 2020 pursuant to the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Suspension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 (“the Suspension Order”). The Suspension Order made transitional provision, continuing the effect of certain modifications made by those provisions which were suspended.