S.I. No. 97/1999 - Aliens (Exemption) Order, 1999.

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

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

3. Every person who is a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is hereby exempted from the application of the provisions of the

Aliens Act, 1935

(No. 14 of 1935), and from the application of the provisions of every aliens order made under section 5 of that Act before the making of this order.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 20th day of April, 1999.

BERTIE AHERN,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This Order exempts British citizens from the operation of the

Aliens Act 1935

and of the Aliens Orders made under section 5 thereof.

WHEREAS it is enacted by

section 10

(1) of the

Aliens Act, 1935

(No. 14 of 1935), that the Government may by order exempt from the application of any provision or provisions of the said Act, or of any aliens order, the citizens, subjects or nationals of any country in respect of which the Government are satisfied that, having regard to all the circumstances and in particular the laws of such country in relation to immigrants, it is proper that such exemption should be granted

AND WHEREAS the Government are satisfied that, having regard to all the circumstances and in particular the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in relation to immigrants, it is proper that the citizens of that country should be exempted from the application of the provisions of the

Aliens Act, 1935

(No. 14 of 1935), and of the provisions of every aliens order made under section 5 of that Act

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by

section 10

(1) of the

Aliens Act, 1935

(No. 14 of 1935), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution, hereby order as follows