Immigration Act 2004

Application of Act.

2.—(1) This Act shall not apply to any of the following persons, that is to say:

(a) a person entitled in the State to privileges and immunities under section 5 of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967 ;

(b) a person entitled in the State to privileges and immunities under section 6 of that Act;

(c) a person entitled in the State to privileges and immunities under any other Act of the Oireachtas or any instrument made thereunder.

(2) Nothing in this Act shall derogate from—

(a) any of the obligations of the State under the treaties governing the European Communities within the meaning of the European Communities Acts 1972 to 2003,

(b) any act adopted by an institution of those Communities,

(c) section 9 (1) of the Refugee Act 1996 ,

(d) the European Communities (Aliens) Regulations 1977 ( S.I. No. 393 of 1977 ), or

(e) the European Communities (Right of Residence for Non Economically Active Persons) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 57 of 1997 ).

(3) If, in any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, any question arises under or in relation to a provision of this Act, the Act of 1999 or the Immigration Act 2003 as to whether any person is or is not a non-national, or is or is not a non-national of a particular nationality or otherwise of a particular class, or is or is not a particular non-national specified in an order made under the Act of 1999, the onus of proving (as the case may require) that such person is not a non-national, or is not a non-national of a particular nationality or of a particular class, or is not such a particular non-national, shall lie on such person.