Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 151:

In page 241, between lines 12 and 13, 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 2011 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)(b).

(3) The purpose referred to in subsection (2)is to permit the designated judge (within the meaning of the Act of 2011) to undertake the duties specified in section 12 of the Act of 2011, 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) In this section, “Act of 2011” means the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011.”.