S.I. No. 444/2003 - Immigration Act 2003 (Removal Places of Detention) Regulations 2003

I, Michael McDowell TD, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 11 of the Immigration Act 2003 (No. 26 of 2003), hereby make the following Regulations:

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Act 2003 (Removal Places of Detention Regulations 2003.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 19 September 2003.

2.—Each place listed in the Schedule to these Regulations and every Garda Síochána station is a place prescribed for the purposes of section 5 (2)(a) of the Immigration Act 2003 (No. 26 of 2003).

Schedule

Castlerea Place of Detention

Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum

Cloverhill Prison

Cork Prison

Limerick Prison

The Midlands Prison

Mountjoy Prison

Saint Patrick's Institution, Dublin

The Training Unit, Glengariff Parade, Dublin

Wheatfield Prison, Dublin.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations specify the places where a non-national being removed from the State following refusal of or failure to obtain leave to land may be detained.