STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 17 of 1999.

ALIENS (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1999

S.I. No. 17 of 1999.

ALIENS (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1999

I, JOHN O'DONOGHUE, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 5 of the Aliens Act, 1935 ( No. 14 of 1935 ), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Aliens (Amendment) Order, 1999.

(2) The Aliens Orders, 1946 to 1999, and this Order may be cited together as the Aliens Orders, 1946 to 1999, and shall be construed together as one Order.

(3) The Interpretation Acts, 1937 to 1997, apply to this Order.

(4) This Order shall come into operation on the 31st day of January, 1999.

2. The Sixth Schedule (inserted by the Aliens [Amendment] Order, 1975 [ S.I. No. 128 of 1975 ]) to the Aliens Order 1946 [S.R. and O. No. 395 of 1946 ], is hereby amended by the addition of the “Republic of Croatia”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This Order was made for the purpose of removing the entry visa requirements for citizens of the Republic of Croatia.