Michael McCarthy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 11:

In page 4, subsection (1), line 31, to delete "not more than" and substitute "on or after the day which is".

This is a drafting amendment designed to remove an ambiguity in the subsection. As the subsection is drafted, the certificate of the Minister must be dated not more than four months prior to the date of the instrument. This is somewhat ambiguous as it could be open to the interpretation that the certificate must be dated prior to the instrument and also not more than four months prior to it. My amendment makes it clear that it is perfectly in order to produce a certificate, which is dated after the date of the instrument.