Seanad debates

Thursday, 3 July 2003

Immigration Bill 2002 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages.

 

Search powers under section 7 of the Aliens Act 1935 apply in relation to all breaches of an Aliens Order or an order made thereunder. This includes such matters as illegal entry to the State, breach of conditions of stay, failure to register with the local aliens office and the like. The search powers also applied to the situation where a breach of a deportation order was being investigated, since deportation orders were "orders made under an Aliens Order", in the terms of the language used in the Aliens Order 1946. However, these orders are now made under the Immigration Act 1999, an Act which does not contain its own search and entry provision. This amendment remedies the position.

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