I move amendment No. 214:
In page 47, lines 24 to 38, to delete subsections (2) to (5) and substitute the following:
"(2) Where a member of the Garda Síochána has reasonable cause to suspect that a person in a public place is engaging in the business of moneylending in contravention of subsection (1), the member may, without warrant, stop, question, search and remove from that person any documents or money which the member reasonably believes may be in that person's possession for the purpose of moneylending.
(3) In this section ‘public place' means any place to which the public have access whether as of right or by permission and whether subject to or free of charge, and the doorways, entrances and gardens abutting onto a public place and any ground or car-park adjoining and open to a public place shall be treated as forming part of a public place.".
Deputy Quill submitted amendment No. 224, which appeared fair and reasonable. On that basis, we went back to the parliamentary draftsmen and they considered the amendment's thrust was congruent with the aim of the Bill. However, they used different words, although I would be happy to accept the Deputy's words. The draftsmen came back with the amendment in my name, which is a substitution for amendment No. 224. Amendment No. 215, in Deputy Bruton's name, will fall if amendment No. 214 is accepted. Amendment No. 214, in my name, has the same thrust as amendment No. 224 and also takes amendment No. 215 into account.