S.I. No. 134/2016 - Immigration Act 1999 (Deportation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 15th March, 2016.

I, FRANCES FITZGERALD, Minister for Justice and Equality, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 7 of the Immigration Act 1999 (No. 22 of 1999) (as adapted by the Justice and Law Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 138 of 2011 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Act 1999 (Deportation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 10 March 2016.

2. In these Regulations, “Regulations of 2005” means the Immigration Act 1999 (Deportation) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 55 of 2005 ).

3. Regulation 5 of the Regulations of 2005 is amended by the substitution of “section 5(3)” for “section 5(1)”.

4. The Regulations of 2005 are amended by the substitution of the following for Regulation 7:

“7. A person who is arrested under subsection (1) or (2) of section 5 of the Act may, for the purposes for his or her detention, in a prescribed place, under that section—

(a) be taken by an immigration officer or a member of the Garda Síochána to a prescribed place, and

(b) be detained, until further notice, in the prescribed place under warrant of the immigration officer or member of the Garda Síochána who arrested him or her.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

9 March 2016.

FRANCES FITZGERALD,

Minister for Justice and Equality.