Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000

Number 29 of 2000

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (TRAFFICKING) ACT 2000

REVISED

Updated to 14 May 2024

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 (14/2024), enacted 9 May 24, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Transport (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 225 of 2024), made 14 May 2024, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

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Number 29 of 2000


ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (TRAFFICKING) ACT 2000

REVISED

Updated to 14 May 2024


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Interpretation.

2.

Trafficking in illegal immigrants. (Repealed)

3.

Power to detain certain vehicles. (Repealed)

4.

Forfeiture of ship, aircraft or other vehicle. (Repealed)

5.

Judicial review.

6.

Amendment of section 8 of Criminal Law Act, 1976.

7.

Entry, search and seizure. (Repealed)

8.

Amendment of Schedule to Bail Act, 1997.

9.

Amendment of Refugee Act, 1996.

10.

Amendment of Immigration Act, 1999.

11.

Offences by bodies corporate. (Repealed)

12.

Expenses.

13.

Short title and commencement.


Acts Referred to

Bail Act, 1997

1997, No. 16

Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956

1956, No. 46

Consumer Credit Act, 1995

1995, No. 24

Criminal Law Act, 1976

1976, No. 32

Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act, 1990

1990, No. 12

Immigration Act, 1999

1999, No. 22

Refugee Act, 1996

1996, No. 17

Road Traffic Act, 1961

1961, No. 24

Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1984

1984, No. 16


Number 29 of 2000


ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (TRAFFICKING) ACT 2000

REVISED

Updated to 14 May 2024


AN ACT TO PROHIBIT TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND TO AMEND THE REFUGEE ACT, 1996, AND THE IMMIGRATION ACT, 1999, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [28th August, 2000]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Annotations

Editorial Notes:

E1

Provision for collection, transmission, retention and deletion of passenger data in respect of offence under Act made (1.11.2011) by European Communities (Communication of Passenger Data) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 597 of 2011), in effect as per reg. 1(2).