James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 23:

In page 11, lines 12 to 14, to delete all words from and including “ (1) Proceedings” in line 12 down to and including line 14 and substitute the following: “(1) No proceedings for an offence under this Act, or for an offence of perjury or subornation of perjury under any other enactment or law, shall be brought except by, or with the consent of, the Director of Public Prosecutions.”.

This amendment revises the wording slightly in section 14 in accordance with the usual formulation used in primary legislation stipulating that no proceedings under this proposed Act or for an offence of perjury or subornation of perjury shall be brought except by, or with the consent of, the Director of Public Prosecutions. It also extends the capacity for the bringing of proceedings to enactments which are inclusive of secondary legislation rather than limiting this capacity to bring proceedings to relevant primary legislation.