Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 6, line 20, to delete “Part, “Act of 1981” means the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981.” and substitute the following: “Part—

“Act of 1981” means the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981;

“Act of 2006” means the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006;

“Act of 2017” means the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017.”.

Amendment No. 1 is a technical amendment to this section to add in references to other relevant legislation, namely, the 2006 Act and the 2017 Act. In a later amendment, I propose to repeal sections of these Acts on foot of a recent Supreme Court judgment, which is why they need to be defined in this legislation. I will outline the rationale behind the repeals provision when we are discussing amendment No. 7.

Amendment No. 5 is a small technical amendment to section 17 to substitute “Act of 2006” for “Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006” as this has been defined earlier in the Bill. They are both technical amendments.