S.I. No. 247/1999 -- Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1999.
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S.I. No. 247 of 1999. |
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DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR FEES (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 1999. |
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S.I. No. 247 of 1999. |
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DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR FEES (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 1999. |
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I, DAVID ANDREWS, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Provision of Services) Act, 1993 ( No. 33 of 1993 ), hereby, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make the following Regulations: |
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1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1999. |
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(2) The collective citation “the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 1982 to 1999” shall include these Regulations. |
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(3) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 23rd day of July, 1999. |
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2. The Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 344 of 1982 ), are hereby amended: |
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(a) in Regulation 9 by the insertion of the following paragraph (e) after paragraph (d) of that Regulation: |
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“(e) in the case of the issue of a passport |
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(i) by the relevant Passport Office outside its normal hours of opening, or |
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(ii) by the relevant diplomatic mission or consular post outside its normal hours of opening for the purpose of providing such a service, where the citizen requesting the issue of a passport at that time does so due to circumstances constituting a genuine emergency as determined by the Minister.” |
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(b) in the Second Schedule, by the substitution for Part 1, as inserted by Regulation 2 of the Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 203 of 1996 ), of the following Part: |
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“Part I |
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Passports |
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The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE. |
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(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) |
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The purpose of these Regulations is |
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--to amend Regulation 9 of the 1982 Regulations to allow, in circumstances constituting a genuine emergency as determined by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, for the waiving of the fee chargeable for the issue of a passport by a Passport Office outside its normal hours of opening or by a diplomatic mission or consular post outside its normal hours of opening for the purpose of issuing passports and |
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--to amend Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the 1982 Regulations, as substituted by Regulation 2 of the Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 203 of 1996 ), to allow for the charging of a fee of £50 for the issue of a passport by a Passport Office outside its normal opening hours or by a diplomatic mission or consular post outside its normal opening hours for the purpose of issuing passports. |