Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014

Amendment of section 59B of Principal Act

21. Section 59B of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) in subsection (6), the substitution of “A notification referred to in subsection (1)(a) or a copy of a court order referred to in subsection (2) ” for “The notification”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (6):

“(6A) Where one or each of the persons notifying the registrar under this section is a foreign national, the notification or copy of the court order shall be accompanied by such documents and information as may be specified by an tArd-Chláraitheoir regarding the immigration status of the foreign national concerned or any other matter relating to that foreign national referred to at section 59F(4C).”