S.I. No. 340/1988 - Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1988.

S.I. No. 340 of 1988.

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR FEES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1988.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 of the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Act, 1939 (No. 31 of 1939), as adapted by the External Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1971 ( S.I. No. 158 of 1971 ), hereby, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1988.

(2) The Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 1982 to 1984, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 1982 to 1988.

(3) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1989.

2. The Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 344 of 1982 ), as amended by the Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 242 of 1984 ), are hereby amended:

( a ) in Regulation 7—

(i) by the substitution of "processing" for "granting" in both places where it occurs, and

(ii) by the substitution of "for citizens" for "to citizens".

( b ) in the Second Schedule by the substitution of the following for Parts I and II:

"PART I

Travel Documents and Documents of Identity

Ref.	Service Rendered	Fee
No.
		£
1.	( a ) For the issue of a passport of 32 pages	35.00
	( b ) For the issue of a passport of 94 or 96 pages	70.00
2.	For the renewal of a passport, for each year of renewal	4.00
3.	( a ) For the issue of a passport (32 pages) to a person under 18 years or over 65 years of age, for one year of validity	4.00
	( b ) For each additional year of validity a passport specified at 3 (a), provided the person remains within the qualifying age	4.00
4.	For the endorsement or change of a passport subsequent to its issue:
	( a ) where the endorsement or change involves the issue of a new passport booklet	11.00
	( b ) where the endorsement or change does not involve the issue of a new passport booklet, for each item endorsed or changed	4.00
5.	For the issue of a new passport for the unexpired period of validity of an existing valid passport returned for cancellation:	11.00
	( a ) new 32 page passport
	( b ) new 96 page passport	21.00
	( c ) new 96 page passport where the passport returned for cancellation is a 32 page pasport	42.00
6.	For the issue of an emergency travel document	4.00
7.	For affixing the finger prints of a merchant seaman to a seaman's identity card and for endorsing same	7.00

PART II

Visas

Ref. No.	Services Rendered	Fee
		£
8.	For the processing of an Irish visa good for a single journey in transit through the State	0.50
9.	For the processing of any other Irish visa	3.00

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 15th day of December, 1988.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Foreign Affairs.

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

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 15th day of December, 1988.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these Regulations is to provide for changes in the fees payable in regard to travel documents and documents of identity and for the amendment of Regulation 7 in the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations 1982 ( S.I. No. 344 of 1982 ) and for the amendment of the Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 242 of 1984 ).