Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 147:

In page 235, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(2) For a period of 3 months from the date of the coming into operation of this section, the Act of 1993 shall, for the purpose specified in subsection (3), continue to apply as if section 8 of that Act had not been amended by subsection (1)(f).

(3) The purpose referred to in subsection (2)is to permit the designated judge to undertake the duties specified in section 8 of the Act of 1993, insofar as those duties apply to the operation of that Act, and compliance with its provisions, prior to the

coming into operation of this section.

(4) Without prejudice to subsection (2)and notwithstanding the coming into operation of subsection (1)(f)—

(a) subsection (6) of section 8 of the Act of 1993 shall continue to apply for the purpose of permitting the Minister to undertake the duties specified on him or her under subsection (6) of section 8 of the Act of 1993, and

(b) subsections (7) and (8) of section 8 of the Act of 1993 shall continue to apply to a report prepared pursuant to subsection (3),

as if those subsections had not been amended by subsection (1)(f).

(5) In this section—

“Act of 1993” means the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993;

“designated judge” means the person standing designated for the purposes of the Act of 1993 under section 8 of that Act at the time of the coming into operation of this section.”.