S.I. No. 151/1935 - General Register of Nationals Regulations, 1935.


STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1935. No. 151.

GENERAL REGISTER OF NATIONALS REGULATIONS, 1935.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (1) of Section 27 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1935 (No. 13 of 1935), that the Minister for External Affairs shall cause to be kept a register to be called and known and in the said Act referred to as the general register of nationals:

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (2) of the said Section 27 that the name of every person who is permanently resident outside Saorstát Eireann and whose right to be deemed a natural-born citizen of Saorstát Eireann is under the said Act conditional upon registration in the general register of nationals or in either that register or a register of nationals shall be registrable, in accordance with regulations made under the said Section 27, in the general register of nationals:

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (3) of the said Section 27 that the Minister for External Affairs shall cause to be registered in the general register of nationals every name which is entered in a register of nationals and a copy of the entry of which in such register is transmitted to the said Minister in pursuance of the Act aforesaid:

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (5) of the said Section 27 that the Minister for External Affairs may by order make regulations in respect of all or any of the following matters, that is to say—

(a) the form of the general register of nationals and the officer by whom and the place and manner generally in which the general register of nationals is to be kept;

(b) the persons by whom and the manner in which names may be registered in the general register of nationals;

(c) the particulars to be entered in the general register of nationals in respect of every name registered therein;

(d) the inspection of the general register of nationals by members of the public;

(e) the furnishing to members of the public of copies of entries in the general register of nationals and the authentication of such copies;

(f) the entry in the general register of nationals of names, copies of the entry of which in a register of nationals are transmitted to the Minister for External Affairs in pursuance of the Act aforesaid;

(g) with the consent of the Minister for Finance, the fees (if any) to be charged for the registration of names in the general register of nationals, for the inspection of entries in such register, and for copies of entries in such register.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Minister for External Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsection (5) of Section 27 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1935 (No. 13 of 1935), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, hereby, with the consent, in so far as these Regulations relate to fees, of the Minister for Finance, testified by his official seal annexed hereto, orders and makes the following Regulations, that is to say:—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the General Register of Nationals Regulations, 1935.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), applies to the interpretation of these Regulations in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. In these Regulations the expression " the registrar " means the Secretary of the Department of External Affairs.

4. The general register of nationals shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule hereto.

5. The general register of nationals shall be kept in the office of the Department of External Affairs by the registrar.

6.—(1) The name of every person who is permanently resident outside Saorstát Eireann and whose right to be deemed a natural-born citizen of Saorstát Eireann is under subsection (5) of Section 2 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1935 , conditional upon registration in the general register of nationals or in either that register or a register of nationals shall upon the production of satisfactory evidence be registered in the general register of nationals at the request of such person, or, where such person is a minor, at the request of either parent or of any person present at the birth, or having charge of such minor, and may be so registered by the registrar or any officer of the Minister for External Affairs duly authorised in that behalf by the registrar.

(2) Every name which is entered in a register of nationals and a copy of the entry of which in such register is transmitted to the Minister for External Affairs under subsection (3) of Section 26 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1935 , shall be registered in the general register of nationals by a person authorised by or under this regulation to register names in the said register.

(3) Every person authorised by or under this regulation to register names in the general register of nationals shall, after entering in such register in respect of any name the particulars required by these Regulations to be entered therein, sign such register in the appropriate place.

7. The particulars to be entered in the general register of nationals in respect of any name registered therein shall be the particulars signified at the head of the respective columns of the form of general register of nationals set out in the Schedule hereto.

8. The registration in the general register of nationals of every name a copy of the entry of which in a register of nationals kept in pursuance of Section 26 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1935 , is transmitted to the Minister for External Affairs under the said Section 26 shall be noted in the general register of nationals with the addition of particulars (indicated in the form of general register of nationals set forth in the Schedule hereto) stating—

(a) the number of the register of nationals of an entry in which the entry in the general register of nationals is a copy,

(b) the number and date of the entry in the registry of nationals, and

(c) the legation or consulate at which the register of nationals is kept.

9.—(1) The fee to be charged for the registration in the general register of nationals of the name of a person whose right to be deemed a natural-born citizen of Saorstát Eireann is under subsection (5) of Section 2 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1935 , conditional upon registration in the general register of nationals or in either that register or a register of nationals shall be one pound.

(2) No fee shall be charged in respect of the entry under these regulations in the general register of nationals of a copy of an entry in a register of nationals kept in pursuance of Section 26 of the Act aforesaid.

10. Any person may on payment of a fee of one shilling inspect the general register of nationals at the office of the Department of External Affairs during the hours at which that office is open for the transaction of business.

11.—(1) Any person at whose request any name has been registered in the general register of nationals may at the date of such registration obtain a copy of the relevant entry upon payment of a fee of one shilling.

(2) Save as aforesaid, the fee for a copy of any entry in the general register of nationals shall be two shillings and sixpence.

(3) Every such copy shall be authenticated as follows, that is to say, such copy shall be certified to be a true copy of such entry by a person authorised by or under these Regulations to register names in the general register of nationals.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for

External Affairs, this 30th day of May, 1935.

J. P. WALSHE, Secretary,

Department of External Affairs.

The Minister for Finance consents to the foregoing Regulations in so far as the same relate to fees.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for

Finance, this 1st day of June, 1935.

J. J. McELLIGOTT, Secretary,

Department of Finance.