Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 8:

In page 7, subsection (2), line 30, after "period" to insert "not exceeding 30 days".

I propose this amendment because, in relation to the closure order, or a subsequent closure order, there is currently provision in section 5(2)(b)(i) and (ii) that such an order cannot exceed seven days in the case of the first order, or, in the case of a second or subsequent order, must be not less than seven and not exceeding 30 days, yet section 7(2) seems to allow for an indefinite extension of the closure order. There is nothing there to indicate how many days the closure should be, or what length of time it should or should not exceed. That is why this amendment is tabled, in order that the length of time should not exceed 30 days, which seems reasonable.