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Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

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Government amendment No. 1:

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In page 23, to delete lines 11 to 25 and substitute the following:

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"(a) is granted under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997,

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(b) (i) is in force immediately before the day on which this Part comes into operation as respects the Louth Area, or

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(ii) is the subject of an application to which section 53W(2) refers,

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and

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(c) authorises the doing of any act in the Louth Area,

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but nothing in this section affects the operation of such a licence in relation to any area other than the Louth Area.

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(2) Subject to section 53W(2), a licence to which this section applies shall, in so far as it authorises the doing of any act in the Louth Area, have effect on and after the day on which section 53A comes into operation as respects the Louth Area or from which the licence authorises the doing of any act, whichever as respects the licence concerned is the later, as if granted by the Commission under section 53A.".