S.I. No. 365/2010 - Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2010.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2010.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 September 2010.

2.The Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations 2001 (

S.I. No. 117 of 2001

) (as amended by the Diplomatic and Consular Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (

S.I. No. 21 of 2009

)) are amended in Part I of the Second Schedule by substituting “or within five days” for “or on the day” in column (2) at Reference Numbers 8 and 9.

The Minister for Finance consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance,

22 July 2010.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Finance.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 July 2010.

MICHEÁL MARTIN,

Minister for Foreign Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The purpose of these Regulations is to amend the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations 2001, as amended, to provide for changes in the fee structure for passports.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th July

, 2010.

I, MICHEÁL MARTIN, 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), as amended by

section 28

of the

Passports Act 2008

(No. 4 of 2008), and with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following regulations