Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 7, to delete lines 14 and 15 and substitute the following:"(3) Every regulation made by the Minister under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.".

This technical amendment, which proposes to replace section 3(3) of the Bill, expands on the original wording, which required the Minister to lay every regulation before the Houses of the Oireachtas "as soon as may be after it is made". This amendment seeks to elaborate on this requirement by allowing for the annulment of any such regulations if they are voted down in either House by special resolution during the following 21 sitting days of the House after they are laid. While this is an unlikely scenario in most circumstances, nonetheless it is prudent to make provision for such an eventuality. I am proposing the amendment on that basis.