Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 6:

In page 7, subsection (4), line 19, after "State," to insert "and the Competent Authority is satisfied that the conditions specified in section 4(3) exist,".

Section 5(4), as worded, provides that the State can join an existing joint investigation team without any conditions and, in particular, without any of the conditions that would have to be considered if the State was involved in establishing the team. Section 4(3) sets out the criteria which must be fulfilled before the competent authority can set up a team, yet section 5(4) allows the State to join a team without having to satisfy such criteria.