Deputy Helen McEntee:

I move amendment No. 45:

In page 10, after line 9, to insert the following: “Amendment of Schedule to Bail Act 1997

16. The Schedule to the Bail Act 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 41:

“Offence under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020

42. An offence under section 4 of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020.”.”.

This amendment is linked to amendments Nos. 15 and 26, which seek to amend the "intimate image" offence provided for in the Bill. This amendment intends to provide for the application of the provisions of the Bail Act 1997, with respect to the offence of distributing or publishing an intimate image without consent and with intent to cause harm, by including the offence in the Schedule of that Act. It is standard with anything where there is a penalty of more than five years that it would be connected.