Section 14 (certain measures or activities not prohibited) of the Act of 2000 is amended -

(a) by inserting the following paragraph after "State," in paragraph (a):

"(aa) on the basis of nationality -

(i) any action taken by a public authority in relation to a non-national -

(I) who, when the action was taken, was either outside the State or, for the purposes of the Immigration Act 2004, unlawfully present in it, or

(II) in accordance with any provision or condition made by or under any enactment and arising from his or her entry to or residence in the State,

or

(ii) any action taken by the Minister in relation to a non-national where the action arises from an action referred to in subparagraph (i),",

and

(b) by adding the following subsections:

"(2) In subsection (1)(aa) -

'non-national' has the meaning given to it by the Immigration Act 1999 and includes a category of nonnationals;

'public authority' means -

(a) a Minister of the Government,

(b) an immigration officer appointed or deemed to have been appointed under section 3 of the Immigration Act 2004,