Immigration Act 2004

Number 1 of 2004

IMMIGRATION ACT 2004

REVISED

Updated to 2 September 2024

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Immigration Act 2004. 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 Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2024 (31/2024), enacted 4 October 2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Employment Permits Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 443 of 2024), made 28 August 2024, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

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Number 1 of 2004

IMMIGRATION ACT 2004

REVISED

Updated to 2 September 2024

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Interpretation.
2.	Application of Act.
3.	Appointment of officers.
4.	Permission to land.
5.	Presence in State of non-nationals.
6.	Approved port.
7.	Examination and detention of non-nationals.
8.	Notices to be displayed on ships, railway trains and passenger road vehicles.
9.	Obligation of non-nationals to register.
9A.	Registration districts and registration officers. (Repealed)
9B.	Registration officers.
10.	Hotel registers.
11.	Requirements as to documents of identity and supply of information.
12.	Requirements as to production of documents.
13.	Offences and power of arrest without warrant.
14.	Provision for particular non-nationals.
15.	Entry, search and seizure.
16.	Amendment of certain enactments.
17.	Visa orders.
17A.	Application for visa: taking of fingerprints.
18.	Service of notices.
19.	Fees.
20.	Regulations and orders.
21.	Expenses.
22.	Short title.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Conditions referred to in section 4(3)(c)

SECOND SCHEDULE

Particulars to be furnished on registration

Acts Referred to
Air Navigation and Transport (Preinspection) Act 1986	1986, No. 18
Aliens Act 1935	1935, No. 14
Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001	2001, No. 50
Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967	1967, No. 8
Employment Permits Act 2003	2003, No. 7
European Communities Acts 1972 to 2003
Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000	2000, No. 29
Immigration Act 1999	1999, No. 22
Immigration Act 2003	2003, No. 26
Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956	1956, No. 26
Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2001	2001, No. 15
Public Offices Fees Act 1879	42 & 43 Vict., c.58
Refugee Act 1996	1996, No. 17
Road Transport Act 1932	1932, No. 2
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993	1993, No. 27
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003	2003, No. 4

Number 1 of 2004

IMMIGRATION ACT 2004

REVISED

Updated to 2 September 2024

AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION, IN THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMON GOOD, FOR THE CONTROL OF ENTRY INTO THE STATE, THE DURATION AND CONDITIONS OF STAY IN THE STATE AND OBLIGATIONS WHILE IN THE STATE OF NON-NATIONALS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [13th February, 2004]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

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