Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 15, line 26, to delete "This section also applies to" and substitute "Subsections (2) to (6) extend to".

The purpose of amendment No. 1 is to clarify that subsections (2) to (6) extend to proceedings for an offence under subsections 7(a) and (b), that is, sections 10 and 7(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1997, for aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence under sections 7 to 9, inclusive.

Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 are related and are intended to clarify that subsections (8) and (9) apply to proceedings for an offence under this Part and also to an offence under section 7(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1997, that is, as referred to in subsection 7(b). The basic intention is to clarify the different sections relating to the issue of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring.

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