The Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1979

Made: 25th June 1979

Laid before Parliament: 5th July 1979

Coming into Operation: 1st August 1979

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by sections 9(6) and 32(1) of the Immigration Act 1971, I hereby make the following Order:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1979 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1979.

2

In Article 3(1)(b)(iii) of the Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) Order 1972, for the words “provided that” there shall be substituted the words “or, if he had a limited leave to enter or remain there, after the expiry of the leave, provided that in either case”.

Signed

W.S.I. Whitelaw — One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State — Home Office — 25th June 1979

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article 3 of the Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) Order 1972 excludes from the operation of section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 1971 (which exempts from control passengers travelling on local journeys within the common travel area, that is to say the area comprising the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland) inter alia persons who entered the Republic of Ireland from the United Kingdom after entering there unlawfully. This Order amends Article 3 so as to exclude also from the operation of section 1(3) persons who entered the Republic from the United Kingdom after overstaying their leave.