18. Provisions with respect to habitual residence
Section 246 of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) in subsection (6) -
(i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):
"(b) a person who has the right under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 548 of 2015) to enter and reside in the State or is deemed under those Regulations to be lawfully resident in the State;",
(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):
"(c) a person in relation to whom a refugee declaration within the meaning of the Act of 2015 is in force, or is deemed under that Act to be in force;",
(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c):
"(ca) a person in relation to whom a subsidiary protection declaration within the meaning of the Act of 2015 is in force, or is deemed under that Act to be in force;",
(iv) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (d):