STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

S.I. No. 445 of 2003

Immigration Act 2003 (Approved Ports) Regulations 2003

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin

S.I. No. 445 of 2003

Immigration Act 2003 (Approved Ports) Regulations 2003

I, Michael McDowell TD, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 9 and 11 of the Immigration Act 2003 ( No. 26 of 2003 ), hereby make the following Regulations:

1.--(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Act 2003 (Approved Ports) Regulations 2003.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 19 September 2003.

2.--In these Regulations “the Order” means the Aliens Order 1946 (S.R. & O. No. 395 of 1946 ).

3.--For the purposes of the Order, the ports specified in--

(i) Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations are approved ports for non-nationals arriving in the State from places outside the State other than Great Britain or Northern Ireland,

(ii) Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations are approved ports for non-nationals arriving in the State from Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Schedule

Part 1

Part 2

Explanatory Note

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

These Regulations specify the ports approved for entry into the State for the purposes of the Aliens Order 1946.