S.I. No. 155/1994:

FOREIGN BIRTHS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1994.

FOREIGN BIRTHS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1994.

I, Dick Spring, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 27 (5) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956 (No. 26 of 1956), as adapted by the External Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1971 ( S.I. No. 158 of 1971 ), hereby, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, in so far as these regulations relate to fees, make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Foreign Births (Amendment) Regulations, 1994.

(2) The Foreign Births Regulations 1956 to 1988, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Foreign Births Regulations, 1956 to 1994.

2. These regulations shall come into operation on the 30th day of May 1994.

3. In these Regulations "the Act of 1994" means the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1994 (No. 9 of 1994).

4. (1) An entry in the foreign births entry book or in the foreign births register made pursuant to section 2 (1) (a) of the Act of 1994 shall include across columns (1) and (2) in addition to the number and date of entry the words "deemed registered on 1 July 1986 under the Act of 1994".

(2) An entry in the foreign births entry book or in the foreign births register made pursuant to section 2 (1) (b) of the Act of 1994 shall include across columns (1) and (2) in addition to the number and date of entry the words "deemed registered on 1 July 1986 under the Act of 1994".

(3) An entry in the foreign births entry book or in the foreign births register made pursuant to section 2 (1) (b) of the Act of 1994 shall include in column (1) an annotation of the original entry number by the insertion of the words "see entry...........", and any earlier entry shall be similarly cross-referenced to the re-registration by the insertion of the words "see entry................" in column (1).

(4) Every certified copy of an entry in a foreign births entry book and in a foreign births register as annotated under these regulations shall also be so annotated.

5. No fees shall be charged with respect to re-registrations under section 2 (1) (b) of the Act of 1994 or the addition of the annotations to an existing certified copy of an entry.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 25th day of May, 1994.

DICK SPRING,

Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The Minister for Finance consents to the making of the foregoing regulations in so far as they relate to fees.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 25th day of May, 1994.

BERTIE AHERN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these Regulations is to provide a procedure for the identification of registrations made pursuant to the 1994 Act.