Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004

Register of funds of suitors.

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F26[38.(1) The Accountant shall establish and maintain a register of funds of suitors (in this section referred to as the "register").

(2) The register shall contain the following particulars in respect of all funds paid into the dormant accounts of the funds of suitors of the High Court, the dormant accounts of the funds of suitors of the Circuit Court and the dormant funds of suitors of the District Court respectively:

(a) the court in which the proceedings were instituted;

(b) the title of the proceedings to which the funds relate;

(c) the names of the parties to those proceedings and the addresses at which they ordinarily reside;

(d) the ledger account number;

(e) the value of the investments realised in accordance with section 34 or section 34A on the date of their realisation;

(f) the date on which those funds were paid into the dormant accounts concerned;

(g) if those funds were repaid to the ledger account, the date on which they were so repaid;

(h) in relation to funds of suitors of the High Court, the account number of the special account for small balances;

(i) in relation to funds of suitors of the High Court, the moneys paid over to the special account for small balances, and

(j) such other matters as are provided for by rules of court or—

(i) in relation to funds lodged in proceedings in the High Court, as the President of the High Court directs,

(ii) in relation to funds lodged in proceedings in the Circuit Court, as the President of the Circuit Court directs, and

(iii) in relation to funds lodged in proceedings in the District Court, as the President of the District Court directs.

(3) Where funds have been registered under this Act prior to the commencement of section 55 of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023, that registration shall continue to have effect and such registration shall form part of the register maintained under subsection (1).]

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Substituted (31.07.2023) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), s. 55, S.I. No. 389 of 2023, art. 3(i).