Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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I move amendment No. 6:

In page 15, line 9, to delete "section 7(1)" and substitute "subsection (1) of that section".

These are technical amendments which address incorrect cross-references in section 13. Section 13(5)(c) provides that a District Court judge may make an order confirming the revocation of a venue designation under section 8(1) on the grounds that the requirements of section 7(1) have been satisfied. As section 7(1) specifies the conditions for the making of an application for the designation of a venue, the effect of the current wording of section 13(5)(c) is to suggest that a court order may confirm the revocation of a venue designation by the Minister on the grounds that the conditions for designating a venue have been satisfied. This is clearly incorrect. The effect of the amendment is to provide instead that a District Court judge may make an order confirming the revocation of a venue designation on the grounds that the conditions for the revocation of such a designation in section 8(1) are satisfied.

Amendment No. 7 addresses a similar cross-referencing error in section 13(6)(c). Section 13(6)(c) provides that a District Court judge may make an order confirming the revocation of an event designation under section 10(1)(a) on the grounds that the requirements of section 9(1) have been satisfied. As section 9(1) specifies the conditions for the making of an application for the designation of a venue, the effect of the current wording of section 13(6)(c) is to suggest that a court order may confirm the revocation of a venue designation by the Minister on the grounds that the conditions for designating an event have been satisfied. Again, this is clearly incorrect. The effect of the amendment is to provide instead that a District Court judge may make an order confirming the revocation of an event designation on the grounds that the conditions for the revocation of such a designation in section 10(1)(a) are satisfied.

I advise that I will be moving a technical amendment to section 13(6)(e) on Report Stage in order to clarify the application of the subsection.