S.I. No. 6/1982 - Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1982.

S.I. No. 6 of 1982.

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR FEES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1982.

I, JAMES DOOGE, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Commissioners for Oaths (Diplomatic and Consular) Act, 1931 (No. 9 of 1931), and section 2 of the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Act, 1939 (No. 31 of 1939), 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. These Regulations may be cited as the Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1982.

2. The Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 1956 to 1981, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 1956 to 1982.

3. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 20th day of January, 1982.

4. Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

5. The Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 263 of 1956 ) (as amended by the Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 260 of 1981 )), are hereby amended by—

( a ) the substitution for subparagraph (b) of Regulation 9 (1) of the following subparagraph:

"( b ) in the case of the fees mentioned at reference numbers 10 to 13 and 15 in the Schedule-by any officer of the Minister appointed by the Minister to be a person to whom the Act of 1939 applies,".

( b ) the insertion in the First Schedule thereto after reference number 45 of the following:

"46

For affixing either a Diplomatic or Consular signature and seal or such seal only, if required, to any commercial document connected with the export of merchandise from the State

1.00",

( c ) the substitution for Part I of the Second Schedule thereto of the following:

"PART I

Travel Documents and Documents of Identity

Ref. No.	Service Rendered	Fee
		£
1.	For the issue of a passport of 32 pages ... ... ... ...	15.00
2.	For the issue of a passport of 94 pages ... ... ... ...	30.00
3.	For the renewal of a passport ...	2.50 for each year of renewal
4.	For the endorsement of a passport subsequent to its issue:
	( a ) with the name of a wife ...	2.50
	( b ) with the name or names of a child or children ...	2.50
	( c ) with the name or names of any country or countries for which the passport is valid ...	2.50
	( d ) with any other entry ...	2.50
5.	For the issue of a new passport for the unexpired period of validity of an old passport ... ... ...	2.50
6.	For the issue of an emergency travel document ... ... ...	9.00
7.	For affixing the finger prints of a merchant seaman to a seaman's identity card and for endorsing same ...	6.00 "

, and

( d ) by the insertion in Part II of the Second Schedule:

(i) in the second column thereof at reference number 10 after "document" of "other than any commercial document connected with the export of merchandise from the State", and

(ii) after reference number 14 of the following:

"15

For attesting a signature or seal on any commercial document connected with the export of merchandise from the State ... ...

1.00"

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 14th day of January, 1982.

JAMES DOOGE.

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

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 14th day of January, 1982.

JOHN BRUTON.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these Regulations is to alter as indicated in the Regulations fees chargeable for certain services rendered under the Commissioners for Oaths (Diplomatic and Consular) Act, 1931 (No. 9 of 1931) and the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Act, 1939 (No. 31 of 1939).