James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 17, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:"Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2002

20.Section 2(1) of the Act of 2002 is amended by inserting the following definition:

" 'Act of 2015' means the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Act 2015;".".

As stated on Committee Stage last week, I am bringing forward amendments on Report Stage today which relate to technical drafting issues. In Part 4 of the Bill, there are references to the full Short Title of the proposed Act, namely, the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Act 2014. There is also a reference to the full Short Title of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002. The full Short Titles are being amended to more appropriately refer to the Act of 2015 and the Act of 2002. This is dealt with in amendments Nos. 2 to 14. To accommodate these amendments, a new definition is to be inserted by amendment No. 1. The definition of the Act of 2015 is being inserted in the 2002 Act definition section.

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