S.I. No. 349/1974 - Foreign Births (Amendment) Regulations, 1974.


S.I. No. 349 of 1974.

FOREIGN BIRTHS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1974.

I, GARRET FITZGERALD, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 27 (5) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956 (No. 26 of 1956), hereby, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Foreign Births (Amendment) Regulations, 1974.

(2) The Principal Regulations and these Regulations may be cited together as the Foreign Births Regulations, 1956 and 1974.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the First day of January, 1975.

3. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the Foreign Births Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 224 of 1956 ).

4. (1) The Principal Regulations, as adapted by the External Affairs (Alteration of name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1971 ( S.I. No. 158 of 1971 ), are hereby amended by:

( a ) the substitution of "four pounds" for "two pounds" in Regulation 7;

( b ) the substitution of "fifty new pence" for "five shillings" in Regulation 8;

( c ) the substitution of "fifty new pence" for "five shillings" in Regulation 9 (1);

( d ) the substitution of "four pounds" for "two pounds" in Regulation 12;

( e ) the substitution of "fifty new pence" for "five shillings" in Regulation 15; and

( f ) the substitution of "fifty new pence" for "five shillings" in Regulation 16(1).

(2) In accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Regulation, Regulations 7, 8, 9 (1), 12, 15 and 16 (1) of the Principal Regulations shall have effect as set out in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, respectively, of the Table to this Regulation.

TABLE

1.

7. The fee to be charged for registration in a foreign births entry book shall be four pounds.

2.

8. Any person may, on payment of a fee of fifty new pence, inspect at any diplomatic mission or consular office during the hours at which the mission or office is open for the transaction of business the foreign birth entry book kept therein.

3.

9. (1) Any person may obtain a copy of an entry in a foreign births entry book on payment of a fee of fifty new pence.

4.

12. The fee to be charged for registration in the foreign births register shall be four pounds.

5.

15. Any person may, on payment of a fee of fifty new pence, inspect the foreign births register at the Department of Foreign Affairs during the hours when the Department is open for the transaction of business.

6.

16. (1) Any person may obtain a copy of an entry in the foreign births register on payment of a fee of fifty new pence.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 2nd day of December, 1974.

GARRET FITZGERALD.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 2nd day of

December, 1974.

RICHIE RYAN.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these Regulations is to increase the fees chargeable in connection with entries in the Foreign Births Register and in the Foreign Births Entry Books kept in accordance with the provisions of the Foreign Births Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 224 of 1956 ).