8.—(1) Section 9 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion at the end of subsection (2) of “or under this subsection”.
(2) Section 9 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in subsection (5) after “months” of “(being months in which Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann has sat for not less than three days) ”.
(3) Section 10 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of “and the operation of orders under section 9”.