Seanad debates
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage
5:00 pm
Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
I accept the amendment. The intention was that an offender would have to commit an offence on two or more occasions before an application could be made to the court for an order of compliance. This gives the benefit of the doubt to an undertaking that had committed an offence due to an error and is deemed unlikely to re-offend. In such situations proceedings would not be initiated but I am satisfied the amendment allows ComReg the same discretion.
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