Children (Amendment) Act 2015

PART 2

Amendment of Principal Act

Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act

4. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1) —

(a) in the definition of “children detention school”—

(i) by the substitution of “section 159,” for “section 159, or” in paragraph (a),

(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) a place, school, premises or building designated as a children detention school pursuant to section 160, or”,

and

(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(c) an amalgamated school within the meaning of section 163A (inserted by section 14 of the Children (Amendment) Act 2015);”,

(b) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “Minister”:

“ ‘Minister’ when used without qualification means the Minister for Justice and Equality, other than in subsections (4), (6), (9) and (11) of section 88, section 88A, section 88B and Part 10 where it means the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs;”,

(c) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “prescribed”:

“ ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister or the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, as appropriate;”,

and

(d) by the deletion of the definition of “Saint Patrick’s Institution”.