Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 5, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: " "Act of 2017” means the Water Services Act 2017;".

These seven amendments are technical amendments to facilitate the dissolution of the Water Advisory Body and remove any consequential matters such as the provision of grants to the Water Advisory Body. A typographical error is also corrected. Amendment No. 2 provides that reference to the Act of 2017 means the Water Services Act 2017. Amendment No. 3 provides that "dissolution day" means the day appointed under section 27. Amendment No. 4 inserts a definition of the Water Advisory Body. Amendment No. 10 corrects a typographical error. Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 provide for the fourth paragraph (d) to be added to the list of amendments made to the Water Services Act 2007 by section 27 of the Bill. The new amendment deletes paragraph (d) of section 16 of the 2007 Act. This is the provision under which the grant may be paid to the Water Advisory Body by the Minister. As the Water Advisory Body is being dissolved, it will have no requirement for such a grant. Amendment No. 15 deletes section 29 of the Bill. This section had sought to amend section 44 of the Water Services Act 2017, which concerns the functions of the Water Advisory Body. Due to the dissolution of the Water Advisory Body, section 44 of the 2017 Act is being repealed by amendment No. 5 and so the amending provisions of section 29 of this Bill are no longer necessary.

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