S.I. No. 405/2011 - European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.

(2) These Regulations and the Principal Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006 and 2011.

2. These Regulations come into operation on 1 August 2011.

3. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006 (

S.I. No. 518 of 2006

).

4. The Principal Regulations are amended—

(

a

) by substituting the following for Regulation 18

“Travel documents

18. (1)(

a

) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Minister shall, on application in writing in that behalf and on payment of a fee of €80, issue to a person to whom Regulation 4(4), 16(3)(

a

) or 16(4)(

a

) applies a travel document in the form set out in Schedule 2.

(

b

) Fees payable under this Regulation shall be collected and taken in such manner as the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform directs and shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer.

(2) The Minister may, for reasons of national security or public order (ordre public), refuse to issue a travel document.

(3) An applicant for a travel document shall furnish to the Minister such information (if any) as the Minister may reasonably require for the purpose of his or her functions under these Regulations.”,

and

(

b

) by substituting the following for Schedule 2

“SCHEDULE 2

Pas / Passport / Passeport

Éire / Ireland / Irlande

Doiciméad Taistil

Travel Document

Titre de Voyage

Saghas / Type / Type

Tír / Country / Pays

Pas Uimhir / Passport No / No. Passport

Sloinne/ Surname / Nom

PHOTOGRAPH

Túsainm (Neacha) / Forename(s) / Prénom(s)

Náisiúntacht / Nationality / Nationalité

Dáta Breithe / Date of Birth / Date de Naissance

Gnéas / Sex / Sexe

Áit Breithe / Place of Birth / Lieu de Naissance

Dáta Eisiúna / Date of Issue / Date de Délivrance

As Feidhm / Date of Expiry / Date d’Expiration

Údarás/ Authority / Autorité

Síniú / Signature / Signature

”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28 July 2011.

ALAN SHATTER,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

1 OJ No. L304/12 of 30.09.2004

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

5

th August

, 2011.

I, ALAN SHATTER, Minister for Justice and Equality, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive 2004/83 EC of 29 April 2004

1

, hereby make the following regulations