Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024

Amendment of section 51 of Act of 2015

10. Section 51 of the Act of 2015 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “section 50 and subsection (1A),” for “section 50,” and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) (a) Subsection (1) shall not apply in respect of a person who is a member of a class of person that is prescribed under paragraph (b).

(b) The Minister may, for the purposes of this subsection, prescribe a class or classes of persons, being persons to whom such permission as may be specified has been given.

(c) The matters to which the Minister may have regard in specifying a permission under paragraph (b) include—

(i) the nature and purposes of the permission,

(ii) the period for which a person to whom the permission is granted may remain in the State, and

(iii) the conditions attached to the permission.

(d) In this subsection, a reference to a permission to remain in the State is a reference to a permission to remain in the State that has been given in accordance with the law of the State and is valid.”.