S.I. No. 391/2005 - Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2005

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No 391 of 2005

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR FEES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2005

I, Dermot Ahern, TD, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Provision of Services) Act 1993 (No. 33 of 1993), with the consent of the Minister for Finance hereby, make the following regulations:

1          (1)      These Regulations may be cited as the Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2005.

(2)      These Regulations come into operation on 1 August 2005.

2.         The Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 117 of 2001 (as amended by the Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 82 of 2004 )) are amended -

(a)      in the First Schedule, by substituting the following for the matter at Reference Number 2 -

“

”,

(b)      in Part I of the Second Schedule, in column (3) at Reference Number 5, by substituting “nil” for “€25”,

and

(c)      in Part III of the Second Schedule, in column (3) at Reference Number 5, by substituting “€20” for “€15”.

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

The purpose of these Regulations is to amend the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 2001, (as amended by the Diplomatic and Consular (Amendment Regulations 2004), to provide for the issuing of a passport free of charge to a person over 65 years, and to provide for changes in the fees for other miscellaneous consular services.