Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014
Amendment of section 1 of Act of 2003
53. Section 1 of the Act of 2003 is amended—
(a) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “the Convention”:
“ ‘Convention’ means the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms done at Rome on the 4th day of November 1950 (the text of which, in the English language, is, for convenience of reference, set out in Schedule 1 (amended by section 55 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014) to this Act), as amended by—
(a) Protocol No. 11 done at Strasbourg on the 11th day of May 1994, and
(b) Protocol No. 14 done at Strasbourg on the 13th day of May 2004,”,
and
(b) in the definition of “convention provisions” —
(i) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (d):
“(e) Protocol No. 13 to the Convention, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances done at Vilnius on the 3rd day of May 2002,”,
and
(ii) by the substitution of “Schedules 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 (inserted by section 55 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014) respectively, to this Act;” for “Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively, to this Act;”.