Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 21, to delete lines 10 to 16 and substitute the following:

"(2) Subject to subsection (1), and without prejudice to section 26(2)(f) of the Act of 2005—

(a) any reference in an enactment to—

(i) the Settled Land Acts 1882 to 1890,

(ii) an Act included in that collective citation, or

(iii) any provision of such an Act,

shall be construed as a reference to this Act or to the equivalent or substituted provision of this Act, as may be appropriate,

(b) any reference in an enactment to—

(i) the Conveyancing Acts 1881 to 1911, or

(ii) an Act (other than an Act repealed by this Act) included in that collective citation,

shall be construed as including a reference to this Act, and

(c) any reference in an enactment to—

(i) an Act that is included in the collective citation "the Conveyancing Acts 1881 to 1911" and that is repealed by this Act, or

(ii) any particular provision of such an Act, shall be construed as a reference to this Act or to the equivalent or substituted provision of this Act."

Again, this amendment relates to a matter raised by Deputy Tuffy on Committee Stage in regard to section 8. I said I would ask the Attorney General about it. The more comprehensive interpretation amendment I propose is the outcome of those discussions and it will replace the provisions to which Deputy Tuffy drew attention.

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