Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 11, to delete lines 19 and 20 and substitute the following:"(9) In this section—

(a) 'the establishment day' has the same meaning as it has in section 2of the Act of 2014, and

(b) a reference to an 'interlocutory application' includes a reference to an application which may be made under any enactment to the Court of Appeal in criminal proceedings concerning the grant of a certificate of entitlement to legal aid.".".

This is a technical amendment, as are many of the amendments I will move. It provides clarification as to the meaning of an interlocutory application for the purposes of this section. While it may not be strictly necessary, it was thought desirable to specify that applications of this kind include applications for criminal legal aid. This section as published already contains a definition of "the establishment day" which is defined by reference to section 2 as the day appointed by Government order to be the establishment day.

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