Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022

Amendment of Regulations

39. (1) The European Communities (Right of Residence for Non-Economically Active Persons) Regulations ( S.I. No. 57 of 1997 ) are amended—

(a) in Regulation 2(1)—

(i) by the deletion of the definition of “registration district”,

(ii) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “registration officer”:

“‘registration officer’ has the same meaning as it has in the Immigration Act 2004 ;”,

(b) in Regulation 6—

(i) by the substitution, in paragraph (1), of “a registration officer” for “the registration officer of the registration district in which the person is located”, and

(ii) by the substitution, in paragraph (2), of “a registration officer” for “the registration officer of the registration district in which the dependant is located”,

and

(c) in Regulation 18, by the substitution of “a registration officer” for “the registration officer of the registration district in which he is located”.

(2) The European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 548 of 2015 ) are amended—

(a) in Regulation 2(1) —

(i) by the deletion of the definition of “registration district”,

(ii) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “registration officer”:

“‘registration officer’ has the same meaning as it has in the Immigration Act 2004 ;”,

and

(b) in Regulation 11(2), by the substitution of “a registration officer” for “the registration officer of the registration district in which he or she is located”.