STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 25 of 1999.

ALIENS (VISAS) ORDER, 1999.

S.I. No. 25 of 1999.

ALIENS (VISAS) ORDER, 1999.

I, JOHN O'DONOGHUE, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 5 of the Aliens Act, 1935 ( No. 14 of 1935 ), hereby order as follows:

Title, collective citation and construction.

1. This Order may be cited as the Aliens (Visas) Order, 1999.

Interpretation.

2. (1) In this Order-

the word “alien” has the meaning assigned to it by the Aliens Order 1946 (S.R. & O. No. 395 of 1946 );

the word “port” has the meaning assigned to it by the Aliens Order 1946 (S.R. & O. No. 395 of 1946 ).

(2) The Interpretation Acts, 1937 to 1997, apply to this Order.

Transit visas.

3. An alien coming from a place outside the State other than Great Britain or Northern Ireland who is a citizen of a state specified in the First Schedule to this Order shall not enter a port in the State unless he or she is the holder of a valid Irish transit visa.

Visa-exempt classes.

4. Citizens of the states specified in the Second Schedule to this Order are hereby designated as a class of persons not requiring an Irish visa.

FIRST SCHEDULE

States whose citizens require a transit visa

SECOND SCHEDULE

States whose citizens do not require an Irish visa

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order specifies the class of persons who are required to have a transit visa and the class of persons exempt from Irish visa requirements.