8.— (1) Section 223B (as amended by section 18 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009) of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1) by substituting “€498” for “€996” and “€41.50” for “€83”.

(2) Part 4A of the Principal Act (inserted by section 28 of the Act of 2006) shall cease to have effect on 1 December 2009.

(3) This section comes into operation on 1 May 2009.