S.I. No. 165/1981:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (ALIENS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1981.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (ALIENS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1981.

I, GERARD COLLINS, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to the Treaty relating to the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community signed at Athens on the 28th day of May, 1979, hereby make the following Regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Aliens) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981.

2. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Aliens) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 393 of 1977 ).

3. The Principal Regulations and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Aliens) Regulations, 1977 and 1981, and shall be construed together.

4. Paragraph 1 of the First Schedule to the Principal Regulations, which defines nationals of member States to whom those Regulations apply, is hereby amended by the insertion after "the Federal Republic of Germany," of "Greece,".

5. (1) Notwithstanding Regulation 4 of these Regulations--

( a ) Regulations 4 and 5 of the Principal Regulations shall apply to a national of Greece who is coming to the State to take up or pursue an activity as an employed person, or who is in employment in the State, only if the employment is in accordance with a permit granted by the Minister for Labour;

( b ) any dependant of a national of Greece who is established or wishes to become established in the State may not take up or pursue an activity as an employed person except in accordance with a permit for his employment granted by the Minister for Labour;

( c ) any dependant of a national of Greece who is in employment in the State in accordance with a permit granted by the Minister for Labour may not take up or pursue an activity as an employed person in the State except in accordance with a permit for his employment granted by the Minister for Labour.

(2) Paragraph (1) (a) of this Regulation shall cease to have effect on the 1st day of January, 1988.

(3) Paragraphs (1) (b) and (1) (c) of this Regulation shall cease to have effect on the 1st day of January, 1986.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5) of this Regulation, paragraph (1)(c) of this Regulation shall not apply if the dependant has been resident with the employed person in the State for at least three years.

(5) The period of three years specified in paragraph (4) of this Regulation shall be reduced to eighteen months with effect from the 1st day of January, 1984.

6. Regulation 20 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of "Aliens Orders, 1946 to 1978" for "Aliens Orders, 1946 and 1975".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of April, 1981.

GERARD COLLINS,

Minister for Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Aliens) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 393 of 1977 ) to provide for the accession of Greece to the European Communities.