23. Section 20 of the Act of 2012 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1) —

(i) by the substitution of “under this Act in respect of a person or, vetting information issued in respect of a person by the Garda Central Vetting Unit before the commencement of section 12,” for “under this Act in respect of a person,”, and

(ii) by the substitution of “application for vetting” for “further application for vetting”,

and

(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “without reasonable excuse fails to comply with” for “contravenes”.