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

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 11, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:

“Retrospective application of repeals

20.(1) Subject to subsection (2), the repeals effected by subsection (1)of section 19and paragraph (a)of subsection (3)of that section shall apply in respect of a relevant offence committed before the date of the coming into operation of this Chapter, including a relevant offence in respect of which proceedings had commenced before that date.

(2) Subsection (1)shall not apply in respect of a relevant offence committed prior to the date of the coming into operation of this Chapter where final judgment was given before that date in the proceedings in respect of the relevant offence.

(3) In this section “relevant offence” means—

(a) an offence to which section 2(5) or 3A(5) of the Act of 2006 applied, immediately before their repeal by section 19(1), or

(b) an offence to which section 22(5) of the Act of 2017 applied, immediately before its repeal by section 19(3)(a).”.