Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 1956.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Regulations, 1956.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation on the First day of November, 1956.
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
" the Act of 1939 " means the Diplomatic and Consular Fees Act, 1939 ;
" the Minister " means the Minister for External Affairs ;
" passport " includes any travel document or document of identity (not being a passport) issued, for the purpose of facilitating travel, by or on behalf of the competent authorities of any country ;
" Irish visa " means an endorsement made on a passport other than an Irish passport by any person to whom the Act of 1939 applies for the purpose of indicating that such passport is good for the entry into the State of the holder thereof ;
" foreign visa " means an endorsement made on an Irish passport by or on behalf of the competent authorities of any other country for the purpose of indicating that such passport is good for the entry into that country of the holder thereof.
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paragraphs: For the service of granting an Irish visa there shall be charged whichever is the appropriate of the following fees :
£
s.
d.
(a) in the case of a visa good either for a single journey in transit through the State or for one or more journeys in transit through the State within one year or any less period, as the case may be—the sum of
0
4
0
(b) in the case of any other visa—the sum of
0
10
0
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paragraphs: Notwithstanding anything contained in Article 5, whenever the Minister is satisfied that Irish citizens are charged either substantially more or substantially less for a foreign visa of any kind than the fee fixed by that Article for the service of granting an Irish visa of the same or a similar kind, the Minister shall direct that the fee to be charged for the service of granting such an Irish visa to citizens, subjects or nationals of the particular country concerned shall be—
(a) if the fee charged for the foreign visa is fixed in a currency that is current in the country concerned and if the fee for the Irish visa is collected and taken in that country, the amount of the fee charged for the foreign visa, and
(b) in any other case, such sum in Irish currency, subject to a minimum of four shillings, as the Minister may determine to be the equivalent of the amount of the fee charged for the foreign visa.
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paragraphs: The Minister may waive any fee chargeable under Article 5 in either of the following circumstances :
(a) where the service for which the fee is chargeable is rendered for, and at the request of, any official or public authority, or
(b) where the service for which the fee is chargeable is rendered for a citizen, subject or national of any other country the Government of which waives the fee or does not charge a fee for the same or a similar service when rendered for an Irish citizen.
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paragraphs: —(1) The fees to be charged in respect of the matters mentioned in the second column of the First Schedule by the persons to whom section 2 of the Commissioners for Oaths (Diplomatic and Consular) Act, 1931 , applies shall be charged in accordance with the scale contained in the third column of the Schedule.
(2) The said fees shall be paid in Irish currency or in money which is legal tender in the country in which they are paid and, if paid otherwise than in Irish currency, shall be calculated at a rate not lower than the current selling rate for such currency in the London Foreign Exchange Market, adjusted for normal Irish bank charges.
(3) Every fee paid under this Article shall be receipted on the document to which the payment of the fee relates by affixing thereto adhesive Consular Service stamps of the appropriate denomination and by the cancellation of the stamps so affixed.
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paragraphs: —(1) For every service specified in the second column of the Second Schedule, there shall be charged the fee set out in the third column of the Schedule when such service is rendered—