Seanad debates
Thursday, 3 July 2003
Immigration Bill 2002 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages.
Amendment No. 6, relating to section 4, has two effects. First, it replaces section 4 of the Bill as passed by the Seanad which, Senators will recall, provided for the new offence of employing a non-national without an employment permit as well as restating the corollary offence committed by non-national employees. That provision was overtaken by an almost identical provision in the Employment Permits Act 2003, promoted by my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Harney. As it is now law, the provision is surplus to this Bill. It also provides a modern law on the powers of gardaí and immigration officers to enter and search premises in the context of breaches of the Aliens Act 1935 and the Aliens Orders made thereunder, and extends the scope of these powers to the enforcement of deportation orders under the Immigration Act 1999.
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