Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

Amendment of section 7 of Act of 2000

15. Section 7 of the Act of 2000 is amended—

(a) in subsection (3)(d)(i), by the substitution of the following clause for clause (I):

“(I) the fees for admission or attendance by persons who are citizens of Ireland, nationals of another Member State, nationals of the Swiss Confederation or nationals of a member state of the European Economic Area and persons who are not, or”,

(b) in subsection (5)(b) —

(i) in subparagraph (i), by the substitution of “citizens of Ireland, nationals of a Member State, nationals of the Swiss Confederation or nationals of a member state of the European Economic Area” for “nationals of a member state of the European Union”, and

(ii) in subparagraph (ii), by the substitution of “such citizens or nationals” for “such nationals”,

and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5):

“(6) In this section, ‘member state of the European Economic Area’ means a state that is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2 May 1992, as adjusted by all subsequent amendments to that Agreement.”.