S.I. No. 144/1983 - Land Act, 1965 (Additional Category of Qualified Person) Regulations, 1983.

S.I. No. 144 of 1983.

LAND ACT, 1965 (ADDITIONAL CATEGORY OF QUALIFIED PERSON) REGULATIONS, 1983.

I, AUSTIN DEASY, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the power conferred on me by section 45 (1) (x) of the Land Act, 1965 (No. 2 of 1965), and the Lands (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 28 of 1977 ), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Land Act, 1965 (Additional Category of Qualified Person) Regulations, 1983.

2. For the purposes of the definition of a "qualified person" in section 45 of the Land Act, 1965 (No. 2 of 1965), the following category is hereby declared to be an additional category, namely, a person who is a citizen of a Member State of the European Communities and who—

( a ) is exercising in the State the right of establishment as a self-employed person under Article 52 of the EEC Treaty (within the meaning of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972)), by way of an economic activity the nature of which is specified in the relevant certificate given by that person under subsection (3) of the said section 45, and

( b ) is acquiring an interest in land to which the said section 45 applies for the purpose of or in connection with such exercise of that right.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 30th day of May 1983.

AUSTIN DEASY,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations add to the list of qualified persons under Section 45, Land Act, 1965 , nationals of Member States of the European Community exercising the right of establishment under Article 52 of the EEC Treaty.