European Communities (Right of Residence For Non-Economically Active Persons) Regulations 1993.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Right of Residence for non-Economically Active Person ) Regulations, 1993, and shall come into operation on the 19th day of April, 1993.
2 Interpretation.
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paragraphs: (1) In these regulations—
"the Council Directive" means Council Directive 90/364/EEC of 28 June 1990(1), Council Directive 90/365/EEC of 28 June 1990(2) and Council Directive 90/366/EEC of 28 June 1990(3) (the effects of the last mentioned Directive being maintained by the Court of Justice of the European Communities in its judgement of 7 July 1992(4) declaring that Directive void);
(1) O.J. No. L180 of 13.7.1990, p. 26.
(2) O.J. No. L180 of 13.7.1990, p. 28.
(3) O.J. No. L180 of 13.7.1990, p. 30.
(4) Case No. C — 295/90 of 7/7/1992.
"dependants" of a person, means the person's spouse, children under 18 years of age of the person and his spouse, and in the case of persons to whom these Regulations apply other than students, other children and grandchildren of the person and the spouse if such other children and grandchildren are dependent on the person, and dependent direct lineal ancestors of the person and the spouse;
"immigration officer" means a person appointed by the Minister under Article 16 (1) of the Aliens Order, 1946 (S. R. & O., No. 395 of 1946);
"land" shall include arrival or entry by any form of conveyance, including entry over a land frontier, and references to landing shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, be deemed to include references to attempting to land;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Justice;
"Member State" means a Member State of the European Communities;
"other non-economically active persons" means persons other than students or retired persons who are not established or wishing to become established under Community law in the State, nor coming to provide or receive a service in the State, nor coming to take up or pursue an activity as an employed person, and who do not have the right of residence in Member States under other provisions of the laws of the European Communities;
"registration district" means, the Dublin Metropolitan Area of the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na and elsewhere a Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na District;
"registration officer" means, in the Dublin Metropolitan Area of the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na, the officer in charge of the Aliens Registration Office in that area, and elsewhere a Superintendent of the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na in a Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na District;
"residence" means ordinary dwelling-place, and where a person to whom these Regulations applies has more than one dwelling place, each of such dwelling-places, and the expression "resident" shall have a corresponding meaning;
"residence permit" means a document issued by the Minister under Regulation 5 (a);
"residence document" means a document issued by the Minister under Regulation 5 (b);
"retired person" means employees and self-employed persons who have permanently ceased their occupational activity;
"students" means persons who are enrolled in an educational establishment in the State for the principal purpose of following a vocational training course there.
(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the Council Directive has, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning in these Regulations that it has in the Council Directives.
(3) In these Regulations—