S.I. No. 548 of 2015 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS) REGULATIONS 2015
Source: Iris Oifigiúl 99 2015-12-11 00001-00001

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 February 2016.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations—
(a) a civil partnership registration referred to in section 3(a) of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24 of 2010), or
(b) a legal relationship to which section 3(b) of that Act applies;
(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the Council Directive shall have in these Regulations the same meaning as it has in the Council Directive unless the contrary intention appears.
(3) In considering, for the purposes of these Regulations, whether a person—
(a) has sufficient resources not to become an unreasonable burden on, or
(b) is, or would be, an unreasonable burden on,
(4) In these Regulations a reference to a person who is enrolled in an educational establishment shall be deemed to include a reference to a person who is undertaking a vocational training course.
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paragraphs: (1) This paragraph applies to—
(a) Union citizens entering or remaining in the State in accordance with these Regulations, and
(b) a family member of a Union citizen referred to in subparagraph (a) who—
(i) enters the State in the company of the Union citizen,
(ii) enters the State for the purpose of joining the Union citizen, or
(iii) becomes a family member while in the State and seeks to remain with the Union citizen in the State.
(2) The European Communities (Aliens) Regulations 1977 ( S.I. No. 393 of 1977 ) and the European Communities (Right of Residence for Non-Economically Active Persons) Regulations 1977 ( S.I. No. 57 of 1997 ) shall apply to citizens of Member States of the European Economic Area other than Union citizens entering and remaining in the State in accordance with these Regulations.
(3) A person lawfully resident in the State in accordance with the provisions of the European Communities (Aliens) Regulations 1977, the European Communities (Right of Residence for Non-Economically Active Persons) Regulations 1997 or the Regulations of 2006 shall be deemed to be lawfully resident in the State for the purposes of these Regulations.
(4) Nothing in these Regulations shall affect the validity of a residence permit or residence document issued under the European Communities (Aliens) Regulations 1977 or the European Communities (Right of Residence for Non-Economically Active Persons) Regulations 1997.
(5) For the purpose of these Regulations, a person is a qualifying family member of a particular Union citizen where—
(a) subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) apply, respectively, to the Union citizen and the person, and
(b) the person is—
(i) the Union citizens spouse or civil partner,
(ii) a direct descendant of the Union citizen, or of the Union citizens spouse or civil partner, and is—
(I) under the age of 21, or
(II) a dependent of the Union citizen, or of his or her spouse or civil partner, or
(iii) a dependent direct relative in the ascending line of the Union citizen, or of his or her spouse or civil partner.
(6) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is a permitted family member of a particular Union citizen where—
(a) subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) apply, respectively, to the Union citizen and the person, and
(b) the Minister has, in accordance with Regulation 5, decided that the person should be treated as a permitted family member of the Union citizen for the purposes of these Regulations, which decision has not been revoked pursuant to Regulation 27.
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paragraphs: (1) A Union citizen who is in possession of a valid national identity card or passport as evidence of his or her nationality and identity may not be refused permission to enter the State unless he or she—