Immigration Act 2003

Number 26 of 2003

IMMIGRATION ACT 2003

REVISED

Updated to 12 August 2024

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of Immigration Act 2003. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under 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 Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 (30/2024), enacted 23 July 2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including Immigration Act 2003 (Carrier Liability) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 401 of 2024), made 7 August 2024, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

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Number 26 of 2003


IMMIGRATION ACT 2003

REVISED

Updated to 12 August 2024



Acts Referred to

Aliens Act 1935

1935, No. 14

Companies Acts 1963 to 2001

Local Government Acts 1925 to 2003

Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention against Torture) Act 2000

2000, No. 11

Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000

2000, No. 29

Immigration Act 1999

1999, No. 22

Local Government Act 2001

2001, No. 37

Refugee Act 1996

1996, No. 17

Road Traffic Act 1961

1961, No. 24


Number 26 of 2003


IMMIGRATION ACT 2003

REVISED

Updated to 12 August 2024


AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE CONTROL OF ENTRY INTO THE STATE OF NON-NATIONALS, TO AMEND THE REFUGEE ACT 1996 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [14th July, 2003]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text):

C1

Functions under Act transferred from Health Service Executive to Child and Family Agency (1.01.2014) by Child and Family Agency Act 2013 (40/2013), s. 82 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 502 of 2013.

Transfer of certain functions of Health Service Executive

82. (1) The administration and business in connection with the performance of any of the functions transferred by subsection (2) are transferred, on the establishment day, to the Agency.

(2) The functions vested in the Health Service Executive by or under the enactments specified in Schedule 1 shall, on the establishment day, stand transferred to the Agency.

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SCHEDULE 1

Functions of Health Service Executive Transferred to Agency

Section 82

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Immigration Act 2003

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Editorial Notes:

E1

Previous affecting provision: functions of Health Boards under Act transferred to Health Service Executive (1.01.2005) by Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 59(1)-(3) and sch. 3, S.I. No. 887 of 2004; re-transferred as per C-note above.