Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

Section 4(6) refers to an assessment for the purposes of this section and goes on to explain it while section 3(3) refers to the principal arranging for an assessment but it does not link the two. I thought that, perhaps, it was contained in the definitions but it is not. Senator Burke is concerned with continuity in the legislation. While "assessment" is defined in section 4(6), the definition is not linked to the reference to "assessment" in section 3(3). This represents a problem in the legislation quite apart from the issue raised by Senator Ulick Burke. While I do not know if this has been raised before, perhaps a definition of "assessment" should have been included in the definitions sections. If such a definition of "assessment" had been used in section 4(6), it might have dealt with the issue raised by Senator Ulick Burke.