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Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1956 (interpretation).
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2.—Section 2 of the Act of 1956 is hereby amended by—
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(a) the deletion of the definitions of—
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(i) “alien”,
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(ii) “full age”, and
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(iii) “Ireland”,
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(b) the substitution for the definition of “the Minister” of the following definition:
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“‘the Minister’ means the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform;”,
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(c) the insertion after the definition of “naturalised Irish citizen” of the following definition:
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“‘non-national’ means a person who is not an Irish citizen;”,
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and
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(d) the insertion of the following subsection:
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“(2) In this Act a reference to the island of Ireland includes a reference to its islands and seas.”.
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