S.I. No. 94/1980 - Foreign Births (Amendment) Regulations, 1980

S.I. No. 94 of 1980.

FOREIGN BIRTHS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1980

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in exercise of powers conferred on my by section 27 (5) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956 (No. 26 of 1956), 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 Foreign Births (Amendment) Regulations, 1980.

(2) The Foreign Births Regulations, 1956 and 1976 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Foreign Births Regulations, 1956 to 1980.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the second day of June, 1980.

3. In these Regulations—

"the Regulations of 1976" means the Foreign Births Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 273 of 1976 ).

4. The Foreign Births Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 224 of 1956 ), as adapted by the External Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1971 ( S.I. No. 158 of 1971 ), are hereby amended by:

( a ) the substitution of "eight pounds" for "five pounds fifty pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1976) in Regulation 7;

( b ) the substitution of "one pound" for "seventy-five pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1976) in Regulation 8;

( c ) the substitution of "one pound" for "seventy-five pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1976) in Regulation 9(1);

( d ) the substitution of "eight pounds" for "five pounds fifty pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1976) in Regulation 12;

( e ) the substitution of '"one pound" for "seventy-five pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1976) in Regulation 15; and

( f ) the substitution of "one pound" for "seventy-five pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1976) in Regulation 16(1),

and the said Regulations, 7, 8, 9(1), 12, 15, 16(1), as so amended, are set out in the Table to this Regulation.

TABLE

1. 7. The fee to be charged for registration in a foreign births entry book shall be eight pounds.

2. 8. Any person may, on payment of a fee of one pound, inspect at any diplomatic mission or consular office during the hours at which the mission or office is open for the transaction of business the foreign births entry book kept therein.

3. 9. (1) Any person may obtain a copy of an entry in a foreign births entry book on payment of a fee of one pound.

4. 12. The fee to be charged for registration in the foreign births register shall be eight pounds.

5. 15. Any person may, on payment of a fee of one pound, inspect the foreign births register at the Department of Foreign Affairs during the hours when the Department is open for the transaction of business.

6. 16. (1) Any person may obtain a copy of an entry in the foreign births register on payment of a fee of one pound.

The Foreign Births (Amendment) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 273 of 1976 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 1st day of April, 1980

BRIAN LENIHAN

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

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 1st day of April, 1980

MICHAEL O'KENNEDY

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of these Regulations is to increase the fees chargeable in connection with entries in the Foreign Births Register and in the Foreign Births Entry Books kept in accordance with the provisions of the Foreign Births Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 224 of 1956 ).