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17. Amendment of section 22 (parliamentary, court and certain other matters) of Principal Act.

Repealed from 14 October 2014

Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (1), by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

"(b) is such that the head knows or ought reasonably to have known that its disclosure would constitute contempt of court, or",

and

(b) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (1):

"(1A) A head may refuse to grant a request under section 7 if the record concerned relates to the appointment or proposed appointment, or the business or proceedings, of -

(a) a tribunal to which the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921 applies,

(b) any other tribunal or other body or individual appointed by the Government or a Minister of the Government to inquire into specified matters at least one member, or the sole member, of which holds or has held judicial office or is a barrister or a solicitor, or

(c) any tribunal or other body or individual appointed by either or both of the Houses of the Oireachtas to inquire into specified matters,

and the request

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