Passports Act 2008
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PART 2 Passports and Emergency Travel Certificates | ||
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Application for passport. |
6.— (1) A person who is an Irish citizen and is, subject to this Act, thereby entitled to be issued with a passport, may apply in that behalf to the Minister in accordance with this section. | |
(2) An application for the issue of a passport to a person shall be— | ||
(a) made in such form as may be specified by the Minister for that type of passport, | ||
(b) accompanied by such information and documents in relation to the person as the Minister may require under section 7 , and | ||
(c) accompanied by the appropriate fee (if any). | ||
(3) An application for the issue of a passport to a child may be made on behalf of the child— | ||
(a) by a parent or guardian of the child, | ||
(b) where the application is one to which subsection (4) of section 14 applies, by the person referred to in that subsection who is authorised by an order of a court in the State to give consent to the issue of a passport to the child, or | ||
(c) where the application is one to which subsection (6) of section 14 applies, by a guardian of the child or any other person who has an interest in the welfare of the child. | ||
(4) An application for the issue of a passport to a person who is suffering from a physical or mental incapacity may be made on his or her behalf by a person duly authorised to act on his or her behalf. |