Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 15:

In page 35, to delete lines 7 and 8.

These amendments propose to delete Acts from either Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 on the basis that they are fully repealed. Amendments Nos. 15, 82, 83, 84, 93 and 101 propose to delete Acts which on further examination are considered to be wholly repealed on the grounds that prior to independence they were repealed as to all British territory, which at the time would have included Ireland. Amendments Nos. 26 and 31 and the first part of amendment No. 101 update the Bill to take into account the recent commencement of repeals set out in the Children Act 2001 culminating in Statutory Instrument No. 64 of 2007 which came into effect on 1 March 2007. The upshot of those repeals is that the three Acts referred to are now fully repealed and can be deleted from the Bill.

The remaining amendments in this group delete Acts which are now, on further examination of the repealing provisions, considered to be fully repealed.

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