Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)

These are all technical amendments, caused by other amendments. The reference in section 46A (1)(b) changes from subsection (5) to subsection (6) as a result of amendment No. 8. Amendment No. 10 changes the paragraph numbering to replace the number of the old subsection (2) with subsection (3) to ensure the numbering remains sequential. Amendment No. 11, as proposed by the Parliamentary Counsel's office, is deemed necessary because only part of the European Communities Act may be the responsibility of a Minister while other parts are the responsibility of other statutory bodies. Amendment No. 12 is made by the Parliamentary Counsel's office, deleting the existing subsection (3) of the Bill as originally drafted. This is now considered to be superfluous. Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 modify the reference from the old subsection (2) to the now numbered subsection (3). Amendments Nos. 16(a) and 16(b) are necessary to include regulations made under the renumbered subsection (3) of the Bill. These amendments are consequential on amendment No. 9, which inserts the new subsection (2) into the Bill.

Amendment No. 17 replaces the existing subsection (9) and adds a definition of the term "turnover", which is used in subsection (6). The definitions of "European Communities" and "treaties governing the European Communities" are retained.