Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 149.

In page 238, after line 39, 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 2009 shall, for the purpose specified in subsection (3), continue to apply as if section 12 of that Act had not been amended by subsection (1)(i).

(3) The purpose referred to in subsection (2)is to permit the judge, designated under section 12 of the Act of 2009, to perform the functions specified in that section, insofar as those functions relate to the operation of sections 4 to 8 of that Act, prior to

the coming into operation of this section.

(4) Without prejudice to subsection (2)and notwithstanding the coming into operation of subsection (1)(i), subsections (6) and (7) of section 12 of the Act of 2009 shall continue to apply to a report prepared pursuant to subsection (3), as if that subsection had not been amended by subsection (1)(i).

(5) In this section, “Act of 2009” means the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009.”.