Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

These are amendments to the definitions section and are of a drafting and technical nature. They do not change in any way the substantive impact of the Bill. They are to have the correct references in the definitions section and only include a definition where an Act is mentioned more than once in the course of the legislation.

Amendment No. 11 inserts an additional term in the interpretation section of the Bill. The term "excepted body" is a standard term in the Industrial Relations Act. For the avoidance of doubt, this amendment, if accepted, will clarify that the term "excepted body" as used in the Bill has the same meaning as it does in the Trade Union Act 1941.

Amendment No. 33 is of a drafting and technical nature and provides for the deletion of the interpretation of "excepted body" because an interpretation of this term has now been inserted in the interpretation section.

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