Seanad debates
Tuesday, 6 July 2004
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
7:00 pm
Joanna Tuffy (Labour)
I move amendment No. 14:
In page 10, subsection (6), line 13, to delete "section" and substitute "Act".
This amendment is related to the point I raised earlier. It is incorrect for subsection (6), as it is now worded, to read "An assessment for the purposes of this section...". It should read "An assessment for the purposes of this Act...". Alternatively, "assessment" should have been defined in the interpretation section, section 1, just as "education plan" and "council" are defined therein. Section 4 does not make it clear that the assessment referred to is always the assessment defined in subsection (6) of this section. This omission could be dealt with by replacing the word "section" with the word "Act" in this subsection. There are also other ways of addressing the issue.
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