Number 4/2008: Passports Act 2008

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Number 4 of 2008

PASSPORTS ACT 2008

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title and commencement.

2. Definitions.

3. Service of notices.

4. Regulations.

Passports and Emergency Travel Certificates

6. Application for passport.

7. Information and documents to accompany application for passport.

8. Processing of personal data.

9. Periods of validity of passports.

10. Name in which passport is issued.

11. Gender re-assignment.

12. Refusal to issue passport.

13. Use of information and form of passports.

14. Passports for children.

15. Emergency travel facilities.

16. Diplomatic and official passports.

17. Procedures for lost or stolen passports.

18. Cancellation and surrender of passports.

21. Meaning of “false” and “making”.

22. Summary trial of offences.

23. Proceedings relating to offences committed outside State.

24. Liability for offences by bodies corporate.

25. Amendment of Schedule to Bail Act 1997.

26. Passports to remain property of Minister.

Miscellaneous

28. Amendment of Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Provision of Services) Act 1993.

Acts Referred to

Adoption Act 1952	1952, No. 25
Adoption Act 1991	1991, No. 14
Bail Act 1997	1997, No. 16
Civil Registration Act 2004	2004, No. 3
Data Protection Act 1988	1988, No. 25
Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003
Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Provision of Services) Act 1993	1993, No. 33
Guardianship of Infants Act 1964	1964, No. 7
Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003	2003, No. 31
Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956	1956, No. 26
Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts 1956 to 2004
Licensing Acts 1833 to 2004
Medical Practitioners Act 1978	1978, No. 4
Registration of Clubs Acts 1904 to 2004

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Number 4 of 2008

PASSPORTS ACT 2008

		AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUE BY THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF PASSPORTS TO IRISH CITIZENS TO BE USED BY THEM AS EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY AND CITIZENSHIP, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA, INCLUDING BIOMETRIC DATA, FOR THE ISSUE OF PASSPORTS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE SYSTEM FOR ISSUING PASSPORTS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CANCELLATION AND SURRENDER OF PASSPORTS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO PROVIDE FOR OFFENCES RELATING TO PASSPORTS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUE OF EMERGENCY TRAVEL CERTIFICATES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO AMEND THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS (PROVISION OF SERVICES) ACT 1993 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
		[26th March, 2008]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: