Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 44:

In page 136, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:

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This amendment repeals the Water Rates Definition Act 1885. The purpose of the 1885 Act is to provide clarification on the basis for assessment of water rates under the Waterworks Clauses Act 1847. As the 1847 Act is repealed in its entirety under the Water Services Bill, the 1885 Act is therefore superfluous. Removal of the Water Rates Definition Act 1885 from the Statute Book complements the ongoing Government initiative to repeal outdated pre-1922 statutes.

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