S.I. No. 364/2022 - Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2022

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Immigration Act 2004 (Visas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2022.

(2) This Order comes into operation at 12 noon on 19 July 2022.

2. The

Immigration Act 2004

(Visas) Order 2014 (

S.I. No. 473 of 2014

) is amended -

(a) in Article 2, by the deletion of the definitions of “Convention travel document” and “Geneva Convention”, and

(b) in Article 3(b), by the deletion of subparagraph (i).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Justice,

18 July, 2022.

ANDREW MUNRO,

A person authorised under

section 15

of the

Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924

to authenticate the seal of the Minister for Justice..

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

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

)

This Order amends the

Immigration Act 2004

(Visas) Order 2014. The Order removes the exemption from the requirement to be in possession of a valid Irish visa when landing in the State that applied to holders of travel documents issued by EU/EEA States under the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, where the intended purpose of travel to the State was solely for a visit of up to a maximum period of 3 months.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

22

nd July,

2022.

The Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by

section 17

of the

Immigration Act 2004

(No. 1 of 2004) (as adapted by the Justice and Equality (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 452 of 2020

)), hereby orders as follows