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Amendment of section 4 of Act of 2007.
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12.— Section 4 of the Act of 2007 is amended—
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(a) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection 1:
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“(1) Notwithstanding the repeal of section 6 of the Act of 1978 by section 3, the body known as Comhairle na nDochtúirí Leighis, or in the English language as the Medical Council, established by that section of that Act shall continue in being.
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(1A) Subject to subsections (5) to (7), anything commenced but not completed by the Council, or the committee established under section 13(2)(b) of the Act of 1978, before the commencement of this subsection may be carried on and completed by the Council (with its membership as constituted under this Act) or that committee (with its membership as constituted under section 13 of the Act of 1978), as the case requires, after such commencement in accordance with the Acts specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 and the statutory instruments specified in Part 2 of that Schedule notwithstanding the repeal and revocation of those Acts and those statutory instruments or any provisions of them by section 3.”,
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(b) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (5):
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“(5) A person who is a member of the committee referred to in subsection (1A) but who ceases to be a member of the Council under section 17(9)(b) shall, notwithstanding that cesser of membership of the Council, be deemed for the purposes of subsection (1A) to satisfy the requirements of section 13 of the Act of 1978 relating to the membership of that committee.
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(5A) The committee referred to in subsection (1A) shall be deemed, for the purposes of that subsection, to satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 13(6) of the Act of 1978 relating to its membership even if it ceases to satisfy those requirements by reason of the cesser of membership of one or more of its members.”,
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and
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(c) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “Where pursuant to subsection (1A)” for “Where pursuant to subsection (1)(b)”.
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