Seanad debates

Tuesday, 11 March 2003

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage.

 

2:30 pm

Mary Henry (Independent)

I am delighted with the commissioner. It is the original Act he is referring to on page 75 of the report. Senator O'Toole's amendment, which I seconded, will not be brought up until Report Stage and one must allude to it on Committee Stage. On section 2, the interpretation section, of the original Act, "person" should be defined under the Interpretation Act 1937. The commissioner suggests the following amended definition: "The word "person" shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as importing a body corporate (whether a corporation aggregate or a corporation sole) and an un-incorporated body of persons as well as an individual;".

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