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Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 55:In page 37, lines 10 and 11, to delete “specified debt” and substitute “specified qualifying debt”.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 56:In page 37, line 19, to delete “specified debt” and substitute “specified qualifying debt”.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 57:In page 37, to delete lines 21 to 24 and substitute the following: “(a) a bankruptcy petition relating to the debtor, or (b) a summons under section 8 of the Bankruptcy Act 1988.”.This is a technical drafting amendment that seeks to improve the text of the Bill. I am advised that section 32(2)(c) is superfluous as the matter is already covered by the...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 58:In page 37, line 27, after “process” to insert “in respect of a specified qualifying debt”.The aim of amendment No. 58 is to ensure that section 32(3) will not prevent the initiation or continuation of tort claims or other legal proceedings that have no connection to a debt and may involve persons who have no connection to a debt. To better...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 59:In page 37, line 31, to delete "deems appropriate." and substitute the following: "deems appropriate, but this subsection shall not operate to prohibit the commencement or continuation of any criminal proceedings against the debtor.".

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 60:In page 38, to delete lines 1 to 10.Amendment No. 60 proposes the deletion of section 32(7) and 32(8). These subsections apply where the debt relief notice is terminated and hence should be in section 42. Amendment No. 85 makes the necessary amendments to section 42 to ensure the matter is properly addressed.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 61:In page 38, lines 22 and 23, to delete "the level of" and substitute "the extent of".These are drafting amendments which are required to ensure consistency in relation to the construction used in the Bill.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 62:In page 38, line 27, to delete "by him or her or on his or her behalf" and substitute "by him or her, or on his or her behalf,".These are technical amendments. Amendments Nos. 62 and 63 are designed to improve the presentation of the text. Amendment No. 72 is to improve the punctuation in section 38(4). It is important we get our punctuation right.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 63:In page 38, lines 34 and 35, to delete "by him or her or on his or her behalf" and substitute "by him or her, or on his or her behalf,".

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 64:In page 38, line 38, to delete "€250" and substitute "€400".I hope Deputies will welcome this amendment. Deputies may recall that during the Committee Stage debate on this section I undertook to re-examine the earned income threshold under subsection (3). As currently drafted, section 33(3) provides that where a specified debtor's income increases by...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 65:In page 39, lines 1 and 2, to delete all words from and including "during" in line 1 down to and including "effect" in line 2 and substitute "during the supervision period concerned".This is a drafting amendment to improve presentation of the text.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 66:In page 39, line 6, to delete "specified debts" and substitute "specified qualifying debts".

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 67:In page 39, line 19, to delete "section 34(2)" and substitute "section 34".This amendment corrects the cross reference in section 35 to section 34 and makes clear that all of section 34 and not just subsection (2) is being referred to.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 68:In page 39, line 39, to delete "the Notice" and substitute "that Notice".Amendment No. 68 is a drafting amendment which is designed to correct a grammatical error.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 69:In page 40, line 11, to delete "as it thinks fit," and substitute "as it deems appropriate,".These are drafting amendments which are required to ensure consistency in relation to the construction used in the Bill.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 70:In page 40, line 16, to delete "as the court thinks fit." and substitute "as it deems appropriate.".

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 71:In page 40, line 18, to delete "section 41(4)(c)" and substitute "section 41(4)(d)".This amendment corrects a cross referencing error in the text.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 72:In page 40, line 22, to delete "by the specified debtor or on his or her behalf" and substitute "by the specified debtor, or on his or her behalf,".

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 73:In page 40, lines 27 and 28, to delete "in connection with a Debt Relief Notice." and substitute the following: "in connection with the Debt Relief Notice concerned.".Amendment No. 73 is a technical drafting amendment, the intent of which is to improve the construction used in section 39(1). Amendment No. 75 is also a technical drafting amendment recommended by...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 74:In page 40, to delete lines 40 and 41 and substitute the following:"(b) make an order for the compliance by the specified debtor concerned with an obligation under section 33,".This is a technical drafting amendment recommended by parliamentary counsel to improve the text. We believe it provides greater clarity as to the powers of the court.