Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

This amendment was drafted following legal advice. Section 58 provides that the Minister must allow at least 21 days for consultation before he or she signs any new regulations into law. However, there may well be a period before the regulations are ready in any event. This amendment will ensure existing regulations under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989 remain in force until regulations under this Bill have been prepared. There was some doubt whether this would be the case.