Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004

Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act.

8.—Section 15 (inserted by section 4 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1986 ) of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) the substitution, in subsection (1), of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) (i) is of full age, or

(ii) is a minor born in the State;”,

and

(b) the insertion of the following subsection:

“(3) In this section ‘applicant’ means, in relation to an application for a certificate of naturalisation by a minor, the parent or guardian of, or person who is in loco parentis to, the minor.”.