Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 69:

In page 26, subsection (9), line 35, after "law" to insert "or order of any court".

The amendment goes somewhat further than the provision in the Bill, as it stands. It seeks to make it clear that the accused will be deemed to be present for the purpose of any court order. If a person obtains bail in the High Court, which remands him or her to appear before the Circuit Court, which then allows for a video link, he should be deemed to be present for all purposes at that stage.