Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 31:

In page 44, to delete lines 14 and 15 and substitute the following:"(3) Nothing in this Act shall operate to affect the application of section 14 of the Courts-Martial Appeals Act 1983 in respect of a determination of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court made—

(a) before the establishment day, or

(b) in the case of proceedings referred to in subsection (2), on or after the establishment day.".

This is essentially a technical amendment. Section 14 of the Courts-Martial Appeals Act 1983 deals with appeals to the Supreme Court. The provision in the Bill as published specifies that nothing in this Bill is to operate to affect any matter commenced under that section but not completed before establishment day. The amendment expands upon the existing provision by making it clear that section 14 will continue to apply to determinations of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court made before establishment day and to determinations made for appeals for which it continues to have jurisdiction under the transitional provisions which apply to it.

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