Seanad amendment No. 14:Section 29:In page 41, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:"(8) Notwithstanding subsection (7), where—(a) in respect of a specified area the base year adjustment calculated in accordance with subsection (3) would result in a levy with a value greater than 20, (b) the local authority concerned, following the adoption by it of a resolution for the purpose of this subsection—(i) applies in writing to the Minister to make an order that the adjustment period applicable to such specified area may be greater than 10 years, and (ii) such resolution and application states the length of the extension being sought (which extension so stated shall be in respect of a period not greater than 10 years),and(c) following consideration of the application under paragraph (b), the Minister determines that an extension should be granted, then, the Minister may by order grant an extension, which extension may, if the Minister considers it appropriate in the circumstances but subject to it not being greater than 10 years, be different from that sought in the application referred to in paragraph (b) and, accordingly, in its application to that specified area, the reference to 10 years in subsection (7)(a) shall be read as if it were a reference to the sum of those 10 years and the extension provided for by that order.".

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