S.I. No. 273/1976:

FOREIGN BIRTHS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1976.

FOREIGN BIRTHS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1976.

I, GARRET FITZGERALD, 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, make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Foreign Births (Amendment) Regulations, 1976.

(2) The Foreign Births Regulations, 1956 and 1974, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Foreign Births Regulations, 1956 to 1976.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1977.

3. In these Regulations--

"the Principal Regulations" means the Foreign Births Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 224 of 1956 );

"the Regulation of 1974" means the Foreign Births (Amendment) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 349 of 1974 ).

4. The Principal Regulations, as adapted by the External Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1971 ( S.I. No. 158 of 1971 ), are hereby amended by:

( a ) the substitution of "five pounds fifty pence" for "four pounds" (inserted by the Regulations of 1974) in Regulation 7;

( b ) the substitution of "seventy-five pence" for "fifty new pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1974) in Regulation 8;

( c ) the substitution of "seventy-five pence for "fifty new pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1974) in Regulation 9 (1);

( d ) the substitution of "five pounds fifty pence" for "four pounds" inserted by the Regulations of 1974) in Regulation 12;

( e ) the substitution of "seventy-five pence" for "fifty new pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1974) in Regulations 15; and

( f ) the substitution of "seventy-five pence" for "fifty new pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1974) in Regulation 16 (1),

and the said Regulations 7, 8, 9 (1), 12, 15 and 16 (1), as so amended, are set out in the Table to this Regulation.

TABLE.

1. 7. The fee to be charged for registration in a foreign births entry book shall be five pounds fifty pence.

2. 8. Any person may, on payment of a fee of seventy-five pence, inspect at any diplomatic mission or consular office during the hours at which the mission or office is open for the transaction of business the foreign births entry book kept therein.

3. 9. (1) Any person may obtain a copy of an entry in a foreign births entry book on payment of a fee of seventy-five pence.

4. 12. The fee to be charged for registration in the foreign births register shall be five pounds fifty pence.

5. 15. Any person may, on payment of a fee of seventy-five pence, inspect the foreign births register at the Department of Foreign Affairs during the hours when the Department is open for the transaction of business.

6. 16. (1) Any person may obtain a copy of an entry in the foreign births register on payment of a fee of seventy-five pence.

5. The Foreign Births (Amendment) Regulations, 1974, are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 26th day of November, 1976.

GARRET FITZGERALD,

Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 26th

day of November, 1976.

RICHIE RYAN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these Regulations is to increase the fees chargeable in connection with entries in the Foreign Births Register and in the Foreign Births Entry Books kept in accordance with the provisions of the Foreign Births Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 224 of 1956 ).