John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

Amendments Nos. 52, 53, 54, 57, 58 and 59 are redrafting amendments concerned with offences under the legislation of charity trustees and charitable organisations, and also with the power of the authority to require charitable organisations to produce relevant documents. Amendments Nos. 52 to 54, inclusive, are drafting and presentational amendments to section 57(1), consequential upon each other and intended to simplify the provision. Amendment No. 57 arranges the existing wording of section 58(1) for presentational purposes. Amendment No. 58 tweaks the existing wording of section 68(2) without making any substantive change to its meaning. Amendment No. 59 clarifies that the powers of the authority under section 68(1) apply both to the charitable organisation and to the charity's trustees.