Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

Section 8 cross-references the amendment of section 24 of the Education Act 1998 provided for in section 6 of the Bill. It is the view of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel that it is legally necessary that the wording of section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 contains a reference to the qualification of that section by the proposed section 24(8) of the Education Act 1998. It is a belt and braces cross-referencing.

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