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Number 39 of 1961
COURTS (SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1961
REVISED
Updated to 23 June 2026
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 39 of 1961
COURTS (SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1961
REVISED
Updated to 23 June 2026
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
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Supreme Court, High Court, Chief Justice, President of the High Court, Central Criminal Court and Court of Criminal Appeal
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Number of ordinary judges of Supreme Court and High Court. (Repealed) |
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Jurisdiction of Chief Justice and President of the High Court. |
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Jurisdiction of Court of Criminal Appeal. (Repealed) |
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Circuit Court
District Court
Miscellaneous Provisions
Enactments Repealed
Pensions of Judges of Courts Established by the Principal Act
Civil Proceedings In Respect Of Which The Jurisdiction Of The High Court Is, With Quantitative Limitations, Conferred On The Circuit Court, And Judges Of The Circuit Court By Whom The Jurisdiction Is To Be Exercised
Jurisdiction of the Circuit Court under certain British statutes and Saorstát éireann statutes, and judges of the Circuit Court by whom the jurisdiction is to be exercisedAdaptations (in relation to the Circuit Court and the judges thereof) of certain British statutes relating to former County Courts, Courts of Quarter Sessions and judges thereof
Adaptations (in relation to the Circuit Court and the judges thereof) of certain British statutes relating to former County Courts, Courts of Quarter Sessions and judges thereof
Assignment of justices of District Court to district court districts
Existing courts and corresponding courts established by the Principal Act, and judges of existing courts and corresponding judges of courts established by the Principal Act
Provisions in relation to offices and officers to be attached to the High Court, the Supreme Court and the President of the High Court
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Acts Referred to |
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1924, No. 10 |
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1926, No. 27 |
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1936, No. 48 |
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1945, No. 25 |
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1946, No. 21 |
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1947, No. 20 |
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1949, No. 8 |
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1953, No. 32 |
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1937, No. 38 |
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Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act, 1871 |
1871, c. 22 |
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1928, No. 15 |
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1954, No. 36 |
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1939, No. 13 |
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1959, No. 22 |
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1939, No. 10 |
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1926, No. 1 |
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1926, No. 45 |
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Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890 |
1890, c. 59 |
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1935, No. 2 |
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Debtors (Ireland) Act, 1840 |
1840, c. 105 |
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1951, No. 2 |
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Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act, 1961 |
1961, No. 16 |
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1857, c. 43 |
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1960, No. 15 |
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1951, No. 8 |
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1954, No. 36 |
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1923, No. 6 |
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1928, No. 15 |
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Superannuation Act, 1834 |
1834, c. 24 |
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1956, No. 38 |
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Superannuation Act, 1859 |
1859, c. 26 |
Number 39 of 1961
COURTS (SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1961
REVISED
Updated to 23 June 2026
AN ACT TO PROVIDE, IN RELATION TO THE COURTS TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE COURTS (ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTITUTION) ACT, 1961, AND THE JUDGES AND OFFICERS OF THOSE COURTS, FOR CERTAIN MATTERS NECESSARY TO SUPPLEMENT THAT ACT, TO CONFER JURISDICTION ON THE JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT ASSIGNED TO THE CORK CIRCUIT IN ADMIRALTY CAUSES AND IN BANKRUPTCY, TO REPEAL CERTAIN ENACTMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [16th August, 1961.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C1
Application of collectively cited Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts restricted (13.07.1999) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1999 (25/1999) s. 1, commenced on enactment.
Provisions relating to pensions in specified cases.
1.—(1) Notwithstanding any provision contained in—
(a) the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1997, or, in so far as it amends or extends those Acts, the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998, or
(b) the Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1998,
but subject to the provisions referred to in section 2 of this Act, the payment of pensions in respect of each of the persons specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (2) of this section (in this section referred to as “the specified persons”) shall be governed solely by the provisions in this section.
(2) (a) Commencing on the 18th day of April, 1999, a person who was appointed as an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court on the 26th day of March, 1990, and who vacated his office on the 17th day of April, 1999, shall be entitled, for the duration of his life, to a pension which, when duly paid over a full year and before lawful deductions are made, would equate to £40,000.
(b) Commencing on the 21st day of April, 1999, a person who was appointed as an ordinary judge of the High Court on the 30th day of November, 1998, and who vacated his office on the 20th day of April, 1999, shall be entitled, for the duration of his life, to a pension which, when duly paid over a full year and before lawful deductions are made, would equate to £30,000.
(c) Commencing on the 21st day of April, 1999, a person who was appointed as a county registrar on the 24th day of June, 1991, and who vacated his office on the 20th day of April, 1999, shall be entitled, for the duration of his life, to a pension which, when duly paid over a full year and before lawful deductions are made, would equate to £15,000.
(3) Where the salary of an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court, an ordinary judge of the High Court or an equivalent county registrar is increased, the pensions specified in subsection (2) of this section or as last adjusted by virtue of this subsection shall fall to be adjusted, with effect from the same date, by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in salary granted.
(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, sections 2(2) and 4(2) (as amended by the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998) of the Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act, 1961, shall not apply to the specified persons, as appropriate.
(5) The regulations to be made under section 4 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1991 (which relates to the provision of spouses' and children's pensions), shall apply to the spouses and children of the specified persons as they shall apply to the spouses and children of an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court, an ordinary judge of the High Court or an equivalent county registrar, as the case may be, except that the pensions specified in subsection (2) of this section (as may from time to time be adjusted by virtue of subsection (3) of this section) shall provide the basis for calculating the pension that is to be paid to the spouses or children of the specified persons.
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C2
Reference to Dublin Circuit Court Circuit construed (1.01.1994) by Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 (31/1993, s. 26, S.I. No. 400 of 1993.
Circuit Court Circuit.
26.—On and from the establishment day the Dublin Circuit Court Circuit shall consist of the county borough of Dublin and the counties of South Dublin, Fingal and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and a reference to the Dublin Circuit in the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1991, shall be construed accordingly.
C3
Application of collectively cited Courts Supplemental Provisions Acts restricted (16.07.1991) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1991 (23/1991), s. 5(2), commenced on enactment.
Provision of pensions on early vacation of office and purchase of added years.
5.—(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for Justice, make regulations:
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(e) (i) in the case of a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection who, subsequent to his vacating or ceasing to hold office, is appointed to an office or position of emolument in an institution of the European Communities (within the meaning of the European Communities Act, 1972), providing for the payment by the Minister to that institution, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the regulations and for the purposes of a scheme or arrangement to which this paragraph applies, of a sum which, in the opinion of the Minister, represents the capital value on an actuarial basis of the pension that would become payable to or in respect of that person pursuant to regulations under the said paragraph (a) or (b) (as may be appropriate).
(ii) This paragraph applies to any scheme or arrangement (by whatever name called) under which superannuation benefits are payable by an institution as aforesaid to or in respect of the person appointed to the office or position of emolument concerned.
(2) Where a payment of a sum is made by the Minister pursuant to regulations made under subsection (1) (e) of this section no pension or gratuity shall be granted under the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1991, or under regulations made thereunder to or in respect of the person to whom the payment relates.
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C4
Functions transferred and references to "Minister for the Public Service" construed as "Minister for Finance" (19.03.1987) by Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 (S.I. No. 81 of 1987), art. 4(1)(b), (2).
3. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 4 of this Order are hereby transferred to the Department of Finance.
(2) References to the Department of the Public Service contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Finance.
4. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for the Public Service—
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(b) by virtue of the Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 294 of 1973 ),
are hereby transferred to the Minister for Finance.
(2) References to the Minister for the Public Service contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Finance.
The history of the Minister for Finance aspects of this Act can be traced as follows:
• Functions transferred and references to Minister for Finance construed as Public Service (1.11.1973) by Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1973 (S.I. No. 294 of 1973), in operation as per art. 2;
• Functions transferred and references to Minister for Public Service construed as Finance (19.03.1987) by Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1987 (S.I. No. 81 of 1987) (above).
PART I
Preliminary And General
Section 1
Short title and commencement.
1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on the date on which the Principal Act comes into operation and immediately after the coming into operation of the Principal Act.
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E1
The Principal Act referred to in subs. (2) is the Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961 (38/1961). Power pursuant to Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961 (38/1961), s. 8(2) exercised (29.09.1961) by Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act, 1961 (Commencement) Order 1961 (S.I. No. 217 of 1961). The number of the Act below (No. 39 of 1961) should read No. 38 of 1961.
2. The Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961 (No. 39 of 1961), shall come into operation on the 29th day o£ September, 1961.
Section 2
Interpretation generally.
2.—(1) In this Act—
F1["market value" means, in relation to land, the price that would have been obtained in respect of the unencumbranced fee simple were the land to have been sold on the open market, in the year immediately preceding the bringing of the proceedings concerned, in such manner and subject to such conditions as might reasonably be calculated to have resulted in the vendor obtaining the best price for the land.]
“the Act of 1924” means the Courts of Justice Act, 1924;
“the Act of 1926” means the Court Officers Act, 1926;
“the Act of 1936” means the Courts of Justice Act, 1936;
“the Act of 1945” means the Court Officers Act, 1945;
“the Act of 1946” means the Courts of Justice (District Court) Act, 1946;
“the Act of 1947” means the Courts of Justice Act, 1947;
“the Act of 1949” means the Courts of Justice (District Court) Act, 1949;
“the Act of 1953” means the Courts of Justice Act, 1953;
F2["the Act of 2014" means the Court of Appeal Act 2014;]
F3["the Act of 2015" means the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015;]
“the Circuit Court” means the Court established by section 4 of the Principal Act;
F2["the Court of Appeal" means the Court established by section 1A of the Principal Act;]
“the Court of Criminal Appeal” means the Court established by section 3 of the Principal Act;
“the District Court” means the Court established by section 5 of the Principal Act;
“the Dublin Metropolitan District” means the district styled and known as the Dublin Metropolitan District under section 64 of the Act of 1936;
“enactment” includes a charter and any instrument made under an enactment;
“the existing Chief Justice” means the judge of the existing Supreme Court who, by virtue of section 5 of the Act of 1924, was, immediately before the operative date, president of that Court;
“the existing Circuit Court” means the Circuit Court of Justice constituted by section 37 of the Act of 1924;
“the existing Court of Criminal Appeal” means the Court of Criminal Appeal constituted by section 8 of the Act of 1924;
“the existing District Court” means the District Court of Justice constituted by section 67 of the Act of 1924;
“the existing High Court” means the High Court of Justice constituted by section 4 of the Act of 1924;
“the existing President of the Circuit Court” means the judge of the existing Circuit Court who, immediately before the operative date, held the office created by section 9 of the Act of 1947;
“the existing President of the High Court” means the judge of the existing High Court who, by virtue of section 4 of the Act of 1924, was, immediately before the operative date, president of that Court;
“the existing Supreme Court” means the Supreme Court of Justice constituted by section 5 of the Act of 1924;
“the High Court” means the Court established by section 2 of the Principal Act;
“justice of the District Court” includes, except where the context otherwise requires, the President of the District Court;
“the Minister” means the Minister for Justice;
“the operative date” means the date on which this Act comes into operation;
“the Principal Act” means the Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act, 1961 (No. 39 of 1961);
“State authority” means any authority being—
(a) a Minister of State, or
(b) the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, or
(c) the Irish Land Commission, or
(d) the Revenue Commissioners, or
(e) the Attorney General;
“the Supreme Court” means the Court established by section 1 of the Principal Act.
(2) Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any other enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, adapted or applied by or under any other enactment, including this Act.
Annotations
Amendments:
F1
Inserted (11.01.2017) by Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (31/2004), s. 45(1), S.I. No. 2 of 2017.
F2
Inserted (5.09.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 7, S.I. No. 393 of 2014.
F3
Inserted (1.01.2025) by Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023 (33/2023), s. 63(a), S.I. No. 553 of 2024.
F4
Inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 61, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C5
Prospective affecting provision: definitions inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 61, not commenced as of date of revision.
F4["Act of 2024" means the Family Courts Act 2024;]
F4["family law proceedings" has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Act of 2024;]
C6
Section applied with modifications (19.12.1996) by Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 (5/1998), s. 28, commenced as per s. 31.
Modification of pension provisions of Act of 1961 as applied to certain judges and court officers.
28.—In the case of a judge or court officer who is serving as such on or after the 19th day of December, 1996, section 2 (in relation to such a judge) and section 4 (in relation to such a court officer) of the Act of 1961 shall have effect as if—
(a) in subsection (2) of the applicable section—
(i) the reference to one and one-half the yearly amount of the pension were a reference to three times the yearly amount of the pension, and
(ii) the words “as reduced under subsection (5) of this section” were deleted,
(b) in subsection (3) of the applicable section the words “or, if greater, the gratuity that would have been payable to him under subsection (2) of this section if, on the date of his death, he had retired owing to permanent infirmity” were inserted after “at the time of his death”, and
(c) the following subsection were substituted for subsection (5) of the applicable section:
“(5) Any gratuity payable under this section shall fall to be reduced by reference to any contribution due in accordance with the terms of the Scheme of Pensions for Spouses and Children of the Judiciary and Court Officers.”.
Section 3
Repeals and saving.
3.—The enactments mentioned in column (2) of the First Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule, but, without prejudice to subsection (1) of section 21 of the Interpretation Act, 1937, such of those enactments as relate to the pensions of the judges and justices of the courts established by the Act of 1924 shall, notwithstanding the repeal thereof, continue to apply to any person who, having been a judge of the existing Supreme Court, existing High Court or existing Circuit Court or a justice of the existing District Court, retired or retires from office before the operative date.
PART II
Supreme Court, High Court, Chief Justice, President of the High Court, Central Criminal Court and Court of Criminal Appeal
Supreme Court and High Court
Section 4
Number of ordinary judges of Supreme Court and High Court.
4.—(1) F5[…]
(2) F6[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F5
Repealed (15.12.1995) by Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995), s. 3 and sch. 1 part 1, commenced on enactment.
F6
Repealed (24.11.1973) by Courts Act 1973 (26/1973), s. 1(2), commenced on enactment.
Editorial Notes:
E2
Previous affecting provision: subs. (1) construed (16.04.1975) by Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975), s. 14(1)(a)(ii), commenced on enactment; subsection repealed (15.12.1995) as per F-note above.
E3
Previous affecting provision: section applied with modifications (19.12.1996) by Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 (5/1998), s. 28, commenced as per s. 31; section repealed (15.12.1995, 24.11.1973) as per F-notes above.
Section 5
Qualifications of judges of Supreme Court and High Court.
5.—(1) (a) The existing Chief Justice shall be qualified for appointment as Chief Justice and, if he is willing to accept office, no other person shall be qualified for appointment as Chief Justice.
(b) The existing President of the High Court shall be qualified for appointment as President of the High Court and, if he is willing to accept office, no other person shall be qualified for appointment as President of the High Court.
(c) Each of the persons who are ordinary judges of the existing Supreme Court immediately before the operative date shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court and, if and so long as there is one or more than one of those persons who is willing to accept office and has not been appointed, no other person shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court.
(d) Each of the persons who are ordinary judges of the existing High Court immediately before the operative date shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the High Court and, if and so long as there is one or more than one of those persons who is willing to accept office and has not been appointed, no other person shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the High Court.
(e) Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this subsection apply only in relation to the qualification for appointment of the first judges of the Supreme Court and High Court.
(f) Subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this section shall have effect subject to the preceding paragraphs of this subsection.
F7[(2) (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection, a person shall be qualified for appointment as a judge of the F8[Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal] or the High Court if the person is for the time being a practising barrister or a practising solicitor of not less than 12 years' standing who has practised as a barrister or a solicitor for a continuous period of not less than 2 years immediately before such appointment.
(b) A person who—
(i) is or was at any time during the period of 2 years immediately before the appointment concerned—
(I) a judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities,
(II) a judge of the Court of First Instance attached to that Court,
(III) an Advocate-General of the Court of Justice of the European Communities,
(IV) a judge of the European Court of Human Rights established under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms done at Rome on the 4th day of November, 1950,
(V) a judge of the International Court of Justice established under the Charter of the United Nations,
(VI) a judge of the International Criminal Court established under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court done at Rome on the 17th day of July, 1998, upon the entry into force of that Statute,
(VII) a judge of an international tribunal within the meaning of section 2 of the International War Crimes Tribunals Act, 1998,
and
(ii) was a practising barrister or a practising solicitor before appointment to any of the offices referred to in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph,
shall be qualified for appointment as a F8[judge of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal] or the High Court.
(c) A judge of the Circuit Court who has served as such a judge for a period of not less than 2 years shall be qualified for appointment as a F8[judge of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal] or the High Court.]
F9[(d) A judge of the District Court who has served as such a judge for a period of not less than 2 years shall be qualified for appointment as a judge of the High Court.]
F10[(3) An ordinary judge of the Supreme Court shall be qualified for appointment as President of the High Court, President of the Court of Appeal or as Chief Justice.]
F10[(4) The President of the Court of Appeal shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court or as Chief Justice.]
F10[(5) An ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court or as President of the High Court, President of the Court of Appeal or as Chief Justice.]
F11[(6) The President of the High Court shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal or of the Supreme Court or as President of the Court of Appeal or Chief Justice.
(7) An ordinary judge of the High Court shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal or of the Supreme Court or as President of the High Court, President of the Court of Appeal or Chief Justice.]
F9[(8) Section 45A provides an additional basis for qualification for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal or the High Court.
(9) In this section, "practising barrister" has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2015.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F7
Substituted (10.04.2002) by Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 (15/2002), s. 4, commenced on enactment.
F8
Substituted (5.09.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 11(a)-(c), S.I. No. 393 of 2014, art. 2(d).
F9
Inserted (1.01.2025) by Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023 (33/2023), s. 63(b)(i), (ii), S.I. No. 553 of 2024.
F10
Substituted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 11(d)-(f), S.I. No. 479 of 2014, in operation as per art. 2(b).
F11
Inserted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 11(g), S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(b).
F12
Substituted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 14, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C7
Prospective affecting provision: subs. (7) substituted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 14, not commenced as of date of revision.
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F12[(7) An ordinary judge of the High Court shall be qualified for—
(a) appointment as an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal or of the Supreme Court or as President of the High Court, President of the Court of Appeal or Chief Justice, or
(b) assignment as Principal Judge of the Family High Court.]
C8
Application of section extended (16.04.1975) by Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975), s. 14(2)(c), commenced on enactment, as amended.
Consequential
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(2) [Subject to subsection (2A) of this section, when a person who is a barrister or a solicitor is appointed] to be either—
(a) a Commissioner in a whole-time capacity, or
(b) a whole-time officer of the Commission,
then, for the purpose of qualification for appointment—
(c) under section 5 (2) (a) of the Act of 1961, as a judge of the Supreme Court [, the Court of Appeal] or the High Court,
[(d) under subsection (2) or (2B) of section 17 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, as a judge of the Circuit Court, ]
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service by him as such a Commissioner or as such an officer of the Commission, as may be appropriate, [shall be deemed to be practice as a barrister or a solicitor, as may be appropriate].
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Editorial Notes:
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Previous affecting provision: subss. (c)-(e) inserted (15.12.1995) by Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995), s. 28, commenced on enactment; subsection substituted (10.04.2002) as per F-note above.
Section 6
Pensions of judges of Supreme Court and High Court.
F13[6.—(1) Subject to Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, the provisions set out in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act shall apply to the pensions of judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court.
(2) Where a judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal or High Court is removed from office on account of incapacity, he or she shall be deemed for the purpose of pension to have vacated his or her office owing to permanent infirmity.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F13
Substituted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 16, S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(b).
Section 7
General jurisdiction of Supreme Court.
7.—(1) The Supreme Court shall be a superior court of record with such appellate and other jurisdiction as is prescribed by the Constitution.
(2) There shall be vested in the Supreme Court—
(a) all jurisdiction which was, immediately before the commencement of Part I of the Act of 1924, vested in or capable of being exercised by the former Court of Appeal in Southern Ireland or any judge or judges thereof and was, immediately before the operative date, vested in or capable of being exercised by the existing Supreme Court,
(b) all jurisdiction which, by virtue of any enactment which is applied by section 48 of this Act, was, immediately before the operative date, vested in or capable of being exercised by the existing Supreme Court.
F14[(3) The Supreme Court may sit in two or more divisions and they may sit at the same time.
F15[(3A) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3), an interlocutory application relating to an appeal before the Supreme Court or, unless the appeal itself is confined to a procedural matter, any procedural application or motion in the matter, may be heard and determined by—
(a) the Chief Justice sitting alone, or
(b) any other judge of the Supreme Court sitting alone as may be nominated for that purpose by the Chief Justice.]
(4) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, the Chief Justice or, in his or her absence the senior ordinary judge of the Supreme Court for the time being available, may determine that an appeal to or other matter cognisable by the Supreme Court may be heard and determined by a division of five or three judges of the Supreme Court, including judges who are by virtue of subsection (3) or (4) of section 1 F15[or subsection (4) of section 1A] of the Principal Act, additional judges of the Supreme Court.
(5) An appeal to or other matter cognisable by the Supreme Court under Article 12 or Article 26 of the Constitution or a question of the validity of any law having regard to the provisions of the Constitution shall be heard and determined by not less than five judges of the Supreme Court including judges who are, by virtue of subsection (3) or (4) of section 1 F15[or subsection (4) of section 1A] of the Principal Act, additional judges of the Supreme Court.]
F15[(6) In the interests of the administration of justice and the determination of proceedings in a manner which is just, expeditious and likely to minimise the cost of those proceedings—
(a) the Chief Justice sitting alone, or
(b) any other judge of the Supreme Court sitting alone as may be nominated for that purpose by the Chief Justice,
may, subject to any practice direction issued under subsection (7), make any order, or give any direction he or she thinks appropriate in relation to the conduct of proceedings before the Supreme Court.
(7) In the interests of the administration of justice and the determination of proceedings in a manner which is just, expeditious and likely to minimise the cost of those proceedings and, without prejudice to the generality of Article 64 of the Constitution and the powers of the Supreme Court in that regard, the Chief Justice may issue directions (in this section referred to as "practice directions") in relation to the conduct of appeals or applications made to the Supreme Court.
(8) A practice direction may relate to—
(a) civil or criminal proceedings, or both, or
(b) a class or classes of civil or criminal proceedings, or both,
and may make provision for such incidental, supplementary and consequential matters, including in respect of a failure to comply with any matter provided for in a practice direction as appear to the Chief Justice to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the direction.
(9) A practice direction under this section shall be published in such manner as the Chief Justice may direct.
(10) Subject to subsection (11), the following applications may be determined by the Supreme Court otherwise than with an oral hearing:
(a) an application seeking leave to appeal against a decision of the Court of Appeal or the High Court, as the case may be, (in this section referred to as "leave to appeal");
(b) an application referred to in Article 64.3.3° of the Constitution;
(c) an application referred to in Article 64.4.1° of the Constitution.
(11) Where the Supreme Court considers it appropriate to do, having considered the documents lodged in respect of an application referred to in subsection (10), it may direct that the application, or any matter arising on the application, be determined with an oral hearing.
(12) Where the Supreme Court directs under subsection (11) that an application be determined with an oral hearing, the direction shall be published in such manner as the Chief Justice shall direct.
(13) Subject to subsections (14) and (15), the determination of an application referred to in subsection (10) shall be published in such form and manner as the Chief Justice shall direct.
(14) Leave to appeal shall be granted by way of a certificate of the Supreme Court specifying the ground or grounds on which such appeal may be brought.
(15) Where the Supreme Court determines an application referred to in subsection (10), the Court shall state its reasons for the determination and such reasons may be stated briefly and in general terms.
(16) Where, upon application to it in that behalf by any party to an appeal against a decision of the High Court, the Supreme Court grants leave to appeal against the decision of the High Court, such grant of leave to appeal shall operate—
(a) where an appeal has also been made to the Court of Appeal, to discontinue the appeal proceedings before the Court of Appeal in respect of the grounds on which the Supreme Court has granted leave to appeal, or
(b) where no appeal has, at the time of the grant of the leave to appeal, been made to the Court of Appeal, to preclude such an appeal being made to the Court of Appeal on those grounds.
(17) Subsections (6) to (16) are without prejudice to any powers of the Supreme Court in respect of proceedings before it.
(18) In this section—
(a) "appeal" includes a cross-appeal or request to vary an order under appeal,
"party" includes a notice party or a party permitted by the Supreme Court to intervene in proceedings,
(b) a reference to an "interlocutory application" includes a reference to an application which may be made under any enactment to the Supreme Court in criminal proceedings concerning the grant of a certificate of entitlement to legal aid.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F14
Substituted (15.12.1995) by Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995), s. 7, commenced on enactment.
F15
Inserted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 44(a)(i)-(iv), S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(c).
Modifications (not altering text):
C9
Application of subs. (4) extended (12.05.1981) by Courts Act 1981 (11/1981), s. 18(1)(b), commenced on enactment.
Temporary discharge of duties of certain judges.
18.—(1) (a)
(b) The power of determination conferred by section 7 (4) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 , on the Chief Justice and exercisable in his absence, by virtue of that provision, by the senior ordinary judge of the Supreme Court for the time being available shall also be exercisable by the latter judge if the office of Chief Justice is vacant.
...
Section 7A
F16[General jurisdiction of Court of Appeal
7A.—(1) The Court of Appeal shall be a superior court of record with such appellate jurisdiction as is prescribed by the Constitution.
(2) Subject to the provisions of Article 64 of the Constitution and section 78(3) of the Act of 2014, there shall be vested in the Court of Appeal all appellate jurisdiction which was, immediately before the establishment day, vested in or capable of being exercised by the Supreme Court.
(3) Subject to section 78(1) of the Act of 2014, there shall be vested in the Court of Appeal all jurisdiction which was, immediately before the establishment day, vested in or capable of being exercised by the Court of Criminal Appeal.
(4) Subject to section 78(2) and (3) of the Act of 2014, there shall be vested in the Court of Appeal all jurisdiction which was, immediately before the establishment day, vested in or capable of being exercised by the Courts-Martial Appeal Court.
(5) The Court of Appeal may sit in divisions of 3 judges (including judges who are, by virtue of section 1A(3) or (6) of the Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961, additional judges of the Court of Appeal) and the divisions may sit at the same time.
(6) Notwithstanding the generality of subsection (5), an interlocutory application relating to an appeal before the Court of Appeal or, unless the appeal itself is confined to a procedural matter, any procedural application or motion in the matter, may be heard and determined by—
(a) the President of the Court of Appeal sitting alone, or
(b) any other judge of the Court of Appeal sitting alone as may be nominated for that purpose by the President of the Court of Appeal.
F17[(6A) Notwithstanding the generality of subsections (5) and (6), but subject to subsection (6C), in civil proceedings before the Court of Appeal, an application or appeal specified in subsection (6B) may be heard and determined by—
(a) the President of the Court of Appeal sitting alone, or
(b) any other judge of the Court of Appeal sitting alone as may be nominated for that purpose by the President of the Court of Appeal.
(6B) The following applications and appeals are specified for the purposes of subsection (6A):
(a) an application to dismiss an appeal on the basis that the appeal is—
(i) an abuse of process,
(ii) frivolous or vexatious, or
(iii) without substance or foundation;
(b) an appeal against an order for costs;
(c) an appeal against an order made pursuant to the slip rule;
(d) an appeal against an order made in respect of matters connected with the case management of proceedings;
(e) an appeal against such class or classes of order of the High Court of an interlocutory nature as may be prescribed in the Rules of the Superior Courts.
(6C) Where—
(a) the President of the Court of Appeal, or
(b) the judge nominated under subsection (6A)(b),
hears an application or an appeal in accordance with subsection (6A) and it appears to him or her that it is in the interests of justice that the application or the appeal be heard by a division of 3 judges, he or she shall refer the application or the appeal for hearing by such division.
(6D) In prescribing orders of an interlocutory nature for the purposes of subsection (6B)(e), the Superior Courts Rules Committee—
(a) shall have regard to the following:
(i) the interests of justice;
(ii) the need to ensure expeditious access to justice for all parties to proceedings;
(iii) the need for the expeditious disposal of proceedings in the High Court and, in particular, proceedings in respect of an appeal against an order of the High Court of an interlocutory nature;
(iv) the need to ensure the most effective and efficient use of the resources of the Court of Appeal,
and
(b) may, for those purposes, prescribe any of the following orders either generally, or in respect of particular categories of proceedings:
(i) an order for discovery, including further and better discovery;
(ii) an order refusing discovery, including further and better discovery;
(iii) an order requiring the delivery of replies to particulars;
(iv) an order refusing to direct the delivery of replies to particulars;
(v) an order requiring an answer to interrogatories;
(vi) an order refusing to direct an answer to interrogatories;
(vii) an order granting an application for an interlocutory injunction;
(viii) an order refusing to grant an application for an interlocutory injunction;
(ix) an order for security for costs;
(x) an order refusing to grant security for costs;
(xi) an order granting an application to amend pleadings;
(xii) an order refusing to grant an application to amend pleadings;
(xiii) such other order of an interlocutory nature as the Superior Court Rules Committee considers appropriate having regard to the matters referred to in paragraph (a).]
(7) Where the Court of Appeal is exercising its jurisdiction in respect of a criminal matter before it, then unless the matter is one which involves a question as to the validity of any law having regard to the provisions of the Constitution, the decision of the majority of the judges of the Court hearing the case shall be the decision of the Court of Appeal and it shall be pronounced by such one of the judges of the Court as that Court shall direct and no other opinion whether assenting or dissenting shall be pronounced, nor shall the existence of any such other opinion be disclosed.
(8) The jurisdiction vested in the Court of Appeal shall include all powers, duties and authorities incidental to the jurisdiction so vested.
(9) In this section—
(a) "the establishment day" has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Act of 2014, and
(b) a reference to an "interlocutory application" includes a reference to an application which may be made under any enactment to the Court of Appeal in criminal proceedings concerning the grant of a certificate of entitlement to legal aid.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F16
Inserted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 8, S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(b).
F17
Inserted (31.07.2023) b Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), s. 111, S.I. No. 389 of 2023, art. 3(p).
Editorial Notes:
E5
The section heading is taken from the amending section in the absence of one included in the amendment.
Section 7B
F18[Power of Court of Appeal to stay proceedings to enable parties to apply to Supreme Court in certain circumstances
7B.—(1) Without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court as is prescribed by the Constitution, where proceedings in respect of an appeal from a decision of the High Court are before the Court of Appeal, the Court of Appeal may—
(a) of its own motion, or
(b) upon application to it in that behalf by one or more parties (in this section referred to as the "applicant") to the proceedings,
by order stay the proceedings before it to enable the applicant to apply to the Supreme Court for leave to appeal under Article 34.5.4° of the Constitution from the decision of the High Court.
(2) An order to stay proceedings under subsection (1) may only be made by the Court of Appeal where—
(a) the proceedings concerned have not been heard in full or in part by the Court of Appeal, and
(b) the parties to the proceedings consent to the making of such an order.
(3) Where the Court of Appeal makes an order to stay proceedings under subsection (1), no further step may be taken in respect of those proceedings, other than with the leave of the Court of Appeal, until such time as the Supreme Court makes a determination in respect of the application for leave to appeal.
(4) Where the Supreme Court grants an application for leave to appeal in respect of proceedings which are the subject of an order under subsection (1), the Court of Appeal shall, in respect of the proceedings before it, provide by order for the discontinuance of those proceedings, which order of discontinuance shall be confined to the grounds upon which the Supreme Court granted leave to appeal.
(5) Where the Supreme Court refuses an application for leave to appeal in respect of proceedings which are the subject of an order under subsection (1), the Court of Appeal shall make such order as it thinks fit to provide for the continuance of the proceedings.
(6) This section is in addition to, and not in substitution for, any power of the Court of Appeal to stay proceedings before it.
(7) For the purposes of this section an appeal shall not be taken to have been heard in part by reason of the Court of Appeal having heard an interlocutory application relating to the appeal or, unless the appeal itself is confined to a procedural matter, the Court of Appeal having heard any procedural application or motion in the matter.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F18
Inserted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 9, S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(b).
Editorial Notes:
E6
The section heading is taken from the amending section in the absence of one included in the amendment.
Section 7C
F19[President of Court of Appeal may issue practice directions
7C.—(1) In the interests of the administration of justice and the determination of proceedings in a manner which is just, expeditious and likely to minimise the cost of those proceedings—
(a) the President of the Court of Appeal sitting alone, or
(b) any other judge of the Court of Appeal sitting alone as may be nominated for that purpose by the President of the Court of Appeal,
may, subject to any practice direction issued under subsection (2), make any order or give any direction he or she thinks appropriate in relation to the conduct of proceedings before the Court of Appeal.
(2) In the interests of the administration of justice and the determination of proceedings in a manner which is just, expeditious and likely to minimise the cost of those proceedings, the President of the Court of Appeal may issue directions (in this section referred to as "practice directions") in relation to the conduct of appeals or applications made to the Court of Appeal.
(3) A practice direction may relate to—
(a) civil or criminal proceedings, or both, or
(b) a class or classes of civil or criminal proceedings, or both,
and may make provision for such incidental, supplementary and consequential matters, including in respect of a failure to comply with any matter provided for in a direction, as appear to the President of the Court of Appeal to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the direction.
(4) A practice direction shall be published in such manner as the President of the Court of Appeal may direct.
(5) This section is without prejudice to any powers of the Court of Appeal in respect of proceedings before it.
(6) In this section—
"appeal" includes a cross-appeal or request to vary an order under appeal;
"party" includes a notice party or a party permitted by the Court of Appeal to intervene in proceedings.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F19
Inserted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 10, S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(b).
Editorial Notes:
E7
The section heading is taken from the amending section in the absence of one included in the amendment.
Section 7D
F20[President of Court of Appeal
7D. —It shall be a function of the President of the Court of Appeal to arrange the distribution and allocation of the business of the Court of Appeal including the arrangement of the divisions of the Court referred to in section 7A(5) and the convening and dissolution of such divisions.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F20
Inserted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 19, S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(b).
Editorial Notes:
E8
The section heading is taken from the amending section in the absence of one included in the amendment.
Section 8
General jurisdiction of High Court.
8.—(1) The High Court shall be a superior court of record with such original and other jurisdiction as is prescribed by the Constitution.
(2) There shall be vested in the High Court—
(a) all jurisdiction which was, immediately before the commencement of Part I of the Act of 1924, vested in or capable of being exercised by the former High Court of Justice in Southern Ireland or any division or judge thereof and was, immediately before the operative date, vested in or capable of being exercised by the existing High Court,
(b) all jurisdiction which, by virtue of any enactment which is applied by section 48 of this Act, was, immediately before the operative date, vested in or capable of being exercised by the existing High Court.
(3) The jurisdictions vested in the High Court shall include all powers, duties and authorities incident to any and every part of the jurisdictions so vested.
Section 8A
F21[General jurisdiction of Family High Court
8A.— ...]
Annotations
Amendments:
F21
Inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 10, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C10
Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 10, not commenced as of date of revision.
F21[8A.— (1) On the coming into operation of section 10 of the Act of 2024, the Family High Court may exercise, in addition to the original and inherent jurisdiction of the High Court, the exclusive jurisdiction in family law proceedings for which jurisdiction of the High Court was provided in the following enactments before the coming into operation of that section:
(a) the Adoption Act 2010;
(b) the Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991;
(c) the European Communities (Decisions in Matrimonial Matters and in Matters of Parental Responsibility and International Child Abduction) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 400 of 2022);
(d) Part IVA of the Child Care Act 1991.
(2) The jurisdiction of the Family High Court shall include the hearing of—
(a) appeals of decisions of the Family Circuit Court (other than decisions of that Court in respect of appeals from the Family District Court), and
(b) cases stated from the Family District Court and the Family Circuit Court.]
Section 8B
F22[Exercise of jurisdiction by judges of Family High Court
8B.— ...]
Annotations
Amendments:
F22
Inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 10, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C11
Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 10, not commenced as of date of revision.
F22[8B.— The jurisdiction of the Family High Court shall be exercisable by the Principal Judge of the Family High Court and by each judge of the Family High Court save that, where the Principal Judge of the Family High Court directs that 2 or more such judges shall sit together for the purpose of a particular case, the jurisdiction of the Court for that purpose shall be exercised by those judges sitting together.]
Section
F23[Proceedings and sittings of Family High Court
8C.— ...]
Annotations
Amendments:
F23
Inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 10, not commenced as of date of revision.
F24
Deleted by Mental Health Act 2026 (11/2026), s. 233(a), not commenced as of date of revision.
F25
Substituted by Mental Health Act 2026 (11/2026), s. 233(b), not commenced as of date of revision.
F26
Inserted by Mental Health Act 2026 (11/2026), s. 233(c), not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C12
Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 10, not commenced as of date of revision.
F23[8C.—(1) An application to the Family High Court to commence family law proceedings shall state in the originating document—
(a) subject to any rules of court or practice direction, the circumstances giving rise to the application, and
(b) subject to subsection (2), whether or not mediation under the Mediation Act 2017 has been attempted.
(2) Subsection (1)(b) shall not apply to an application to commence proceedings under—
(a) the Status of Children Act 1987,
(b) the Child Care Act 1991,
(c) section 29 of the Family Law Act 1995,
(d) nullity proceedings under the Family Law Act 1995,
(e) the Civil Registration Act 2004,
(f) section 4 of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010,
(g) nullity proceedings under the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010,
(h) the Adoption Act 2010,
(i) Regulation (EU) No. 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 20132 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters,
(j) the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015,
(k) the Gender Recognition Act 2015, F24[…]
(l) the Domestic Violence Act F25[2018, or]
F26[(m) Part 4 of the Mental Health Act 2026.]
(3) Upon his or her own motion or upon the request of a party to family law proceedings, a judge of the Family High Court may, at any stage during the proceedings, if he or she considers that mediation or another alternative dispute resolution process would assist in resolving some or all of the issues in dispute, suspend the proceedings to allow the parties to seek to resolve those issues through such means.
(4) In considering whether to suspend the proceedings under subsection (3), the judge shall endeavour to ensure that any suspension of proceedings does not have the effect of—
(a) adversely affecting the safety of a party to the proceedings or a child to whom the proceedings relate,
(b) unduly delaying the resolution of the issues in dispute, or
(c) materially increasing the costs of proceedings.
(5) Family High Court proceedings shall be as informal as is practicable and consistent with the administration of justice.
(6) Neither a judge sitting in the Family High Court nor a barrister nor a solicitor appearing in that Court shall wear a wig or gown.
(7) Subject to subsection (8), the Family High Court shall sit to hear and determine family law proceedings either—
(a) in a different building or room from the building or room in which sittings of any other court (other than the Family Circuit Court or the Family District Court) are held, or
(b) on different days or at different times from the days on which, or times at which, sittings of any such other court (other than the Family Circuit Court or the Family District Court) are held.
(8) Subsection (7) shall not apply where—
(a) the safety or welfare of a party to the proceedings or a child to whom the proceedings relate is likely to be adversely affected if the proceedings are not heard as a matter of urgency, or
(b) due to the urgency of the case or in exceptional circumstances the court is satisfied that compliance with that subsection is not possible.]
Section 9
Jurisdiction of High Court in lunacy and minor matters.
9.—(1) There shall be vested in the High Court the jurisdiction in lunacy and minor matters which—
(a) was formerly exercised by the Lord Chancellor of Ireland,
(b) was, at the passing of the Act of 1924, exercised by the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and
(c) was, by virtue of subsection (1) of section 19 of the Act of 1924 and subsection (1) of section 9 of the Act of 1936, vested, immediately before the operative date, in the existing High Court.
(2) The jurisdiction vested in the High Court by subsection (1) of this section shall be exercisable by the President of the High Court or, where the President of the High Court so directs, by an ordinary judge of the High Court for the time being assigned in that behalf by the President of the High Court.
(3) References in the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act, 1871, and the rules and orders made thereunder to “the Lord Chancellor entrusted as aforesaid” shall be construed as references to the judge of the High Court for the time being exercising the jurisdiction vested in the High Court by subsection (1) of this section.
(4) (a) The President of the High Court or such other Judge of the High Court as may be assigned by him under subsection (2) of this section may from time to time by order made under section 118 of the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act, 1871, amend any form prescribed by or under that Act for use in relation to the jurisdiction in lunacy matters vested in the High Court by subsection (1) of this section by substituting in such form the expression “ward of court” or such other similar expression as he thinks proper for the word “lunatic” and the expression “person of unsound mind” respectively and by making such further consequential amendments in that form as he thinks necessary and proper.
(b) Any order made under section 4 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1928, as amended by paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 9 of the Act of 1936, which is in force immediately before the operative date shall continue in force and be deemed to have been made under paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(5) Such solicitors, doctors, visitors and other persons as were, immediately before the operative date, retained or nominated in relation to the exercise of any jurisdiction which, by virtue of subsection (1) of section 19 of the Act of 1924 and subsection (1) of section 9 of the Act of 1936, was, immediately before the operative date, vested in the existing High Court shall be retained or nominated by the President of the High Court and section 59 of the Act of 1926, as applied by section 48 of this Act, shall not apply to them.
Chief Justice and President of the High Court
Section 10
Jurisdiction of Chief Justice and President of the High Court.
10.—(1) There shall be exercisable by the Chief Justice—
(a) the jurisdiction in relation to solicitors which, by virtue of subsection (2) of section 19 of the Act of 1924, and subsection (3) of section 14 of the Solicitors Act, 1954, was, immediately before the operative date, vested in or capable of being exercised by the existing Chief Justice,
(b) the power of appointing notaries public and commissioners to administer oaths,
(c) all jurisdiction which, by virtue of any enactment which is applied by section 48 of this Act, was, immediately before the operative date, vested in or capable of being exercised by the existing Chief Justice.
(2) F27[…]
(3) It shall be the function of the President of the High Court F27[…] to arrange the distribution and allocation of the business of the High Court.
(4) F28[…]
(5) There shall be exercisable by the President of the High Court all jurisdiction which, by virtue of any enactment which is applied by section 48 of this Act, was, immediately before the operative date, vested in or capable of being exercised by the existing President of the High Court.
Annotations
Amendments:
F27
Repealed (12.05.1981) by Courts Act 1981 (11/1981), s. 32(1) and sch., commenced on enactment.
F28
Repealed (3.10.2022) by Judicial Council Act 2019 (33/2019), s. 3(b), S.I. No. 489 of 2022.
F29
Inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 11, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C13
Prospective affecting provision: subss. (3A)-(3E) inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 11, not commenced as of date of revision.
10.— ...
F29[(3A) Without prejudice to subsection (3), it shall be a function of the Principal Judge of the Family High Court to arrange the distribution and allocation of the business of the Family High Court.
(3B) In performing a function under subsection (3A), the Principal Judge of the Family High Court shall—
(a) engage with the Courts Service, in such manner as may be agreed between the Principal Judge and the Courts Service, on relevant matters related to the functions of the Courts Service under section 5 of the Courts Service Act 1998 in relation to that Court, and
(b) have regard to the information provided, and the views expressed, by the Courts Service on such matters in the course of the engagement under paragraph (a).
(3C) The engagement by the Courts Service under subsection (3B) shall not be exercised so as to interfere with the conduct of that part of the business of the Family High Court required by law to be transacted by or before the Principal Judge of the Family High Court or to impugn the independence of the Principal Judge of the Family High Court in the performance of his or her judicial functions.
(3D) The Principal Judge of the Family High Court shall, without prejudice to his or her functions under any enactment or rule of law, take such steps as he or she considers appropriate for the purposes of ensuring—
(a) the implementation of the guiding principles in section 8 of the Act of 2024, and
(b) the efficiency of court business including, to the extent possible, that there is appropriate consistency in the exercise of jurisdiction by the judges of that Court.
(3E) The Principal Judge of the Family High Court may, where he or she sees fit, make recommendations to the President of the High Court in relation to the number of judges to be assigned to the Family High Court.]
C14
Application of subs. (5) extended (31.05.2000) by Human Rights Commission Act 2000 (9/2000), s. 5(6)(c), commenced on enactment.
Membership of Commission.
5.—~~~
(6) Where a person who holds judicial office in the Superior Courts is appointed to be the President of the Commission, the following provisions shall have effect:
...
(c) in case he or she is the President of the High Court, he or she may, for so long as he or she continues to be President of the Commission, from time to time appoint an ordinary judge of the High Court to exercise on his or her behalf (and which judge is hereby empowered to exercise) all the jurisdiction exercisable by the President of the High Court under section 10 (5) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961.
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Central Criminal Court
Section 11
The Central Criminal Court.
11.—(1) The High Court exercising the criminal jurisdiction with which it is invested shall be known as An Phríomh-Chúirt Choiriúil (The Central Criminal Court) and is in this Act referred to as the Central Criminal Court.
(2) (a) The jurisdiction exercisable by the Central Criminal Court shall be exercisable by a judge or judges of the High Court (including the President of the High Court) nominated from time to time by the President of the High Court.
(b) The jurisdiction of the Court shall be exercisable by each judge for the time being so nominated save that, where the President of the High Court directs that two or more such judges shall sit together for the purpose of a particular case, the jurisdiction of the Court for that purpose shall be exercised by those judges sitting together.
(3) Every person lawfully brought before the Central Criminal Court may be indicted before and tried and sentenced by that Court, wherever it may be sitting, in like manner in all respects as if the crime with which such person is charged had been committed in the county or county borough in which the said Court is sitting.
(4) References in any other enactment (whether passed before or after this Act) to the Central Criminal Court shall be construed as references to the High Court exercising the criminal jurisdiction with which it is invested.
Court of Criminal Appeal
Section 12
Jurisdiction of Court of Criminal Appeal.
12.—F30[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F30
Repealed (31.08.2018) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 73 and sch. 1 item 5, S.I. No. 259 of 2018.
Editorial Notes:
E9
Previous affecting provision: section repealed by Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995), s. 3(2) and sch. part 2, not commenced; section repealed (31.08.2018) as per F-note above.
High Court Circuits
Section 13
High Court Circuits.
13.—The grouping of the several counties and county boroughs (other than the county of Dublin and the county borough of Dublin) in the State into High Court Circuits under subsection (1) (repealed by this Act) of section 33 of the Act of 1936 shall, subject to any order which may be made under subsection (2) of the said section 33, as applied by section 48 of this Act, continue to have effect, and references in any enactment to High Court Circuits shall be construed accordingly.
Exercise of Jurisdiction
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C15
Reference to "county of Dublin" construed (1.01.1994) by Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 (31/1993), s. 25, S.I. No. 400 of 1993.
High Court Circuits.
25.—On and from the establishment day references to the county of Dublin in sections 33 and 34 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1936, section 13 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961, and the High Court Circuits Order, 1937 (S.R. & O., No. 295 of 1937) shall be construed as references to the counties of South Dublin, Fingal and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown.
Section 14
Jurisdiction to be exercised pursuant to rules of court (Supreme Court, High Court, Chief Justice, President of the High Court, Central Criminal Court and Court of Criminal Appeal).
14.—(1) In this section “rules of court” means rules made under section 36 of the Act of 1924, as applied by section 48 of this Act.
(2) The jurisdiction which is F31[…] vested in or exercisable by the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Chief Justice, the President of the High Court, the Central Criminal Court and the Court of Criminal Appeal respectively shall be exercised so far as regards pleading, practice and procedure generally, including liability to costs, in the manner provided by rules of court, and, where no provision is contained in such rules and so long as there is no rule with reference thereto, it shall be exercised as nearly as possible in the same manner as it might have been exercised by the respective existing courts or judges by which or by whom such jurisdiction was, immediately before the operative date, respectively exercisable.
F32[(2A) The jurisdiction which is vested in or exercisable by the Court of Appeal and the President of the Court of Appeal respectively shall be exercised so far as regards pleading, practice and procedure generally, including liability to costs, in the manner provided by rules of court, and, where no provision is contained in such rules and so long as there is no rule with reference thereto, it shall be exercised as nearly as possible in the same manner as it might have been exercised by the respective courts or judges by which or by whom such jurisdiction was, immediately before the establishment day (within the meaning of section 2 of the Act of 2014), respectively exercisable.]
F33[(3) Rules of court may, in relation to proceedings and matters (not being criminal proceedings or matters or matters relating to the liberty of the person) in the High Court, the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, authorise the Master of the High Court and other principal officers, within the meaning of the Court Officers Acts 1926 to 2014 to exercise functions, powers and jurisdiction in uncontested cases and to take accounts, conduct inquiries and make orders of an interlocutory nature.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F31
Repealed (15.12.1971) by Courts Act 1971 (36/1971), s. 24, commenced on enactment.
F32
Inserted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2024), s. 23(a), S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(b).
F33
Substituted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2024), s. 23(b), S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(b).
Editorial Notes:
E10
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.06.2026) byRules of the Superior Courts (Special Care of Children) 2026 (S.I. No. 280 of 2026), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E11
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.06.2026) by Rules of the Superior Courts (EU Service Regulation) 2026 (S.I. No. 231 of 2026), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E12
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.06.2026) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Brussels IIter Regulation) 2026 (S.I. No. 230 of 2026), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E13
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.05.2026) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Commercial) 2026 (S.I. No. 159 of 2026), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E14
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.05.2026) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 53D) 2026 (S.I. No. 158 of 2026), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E15
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.05.2026) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Appearances) 2026 (S.I. No. 157 of 2026), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E16
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.03.2026) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Evidence Regulation) 2026 (S.I. No. 74 of 2026), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E17
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.03.2026) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Interpretation) 2026 (S.I. No. 73 of 2026), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E18
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.02.2026) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Bankruptcy) 2026 (S.I. No. 2 of 2026), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E19
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.06.2025) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Planning & Environment) 2025 (S.I. No. 246 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E20
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.05.2025) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Companies Act 2014 Section 459) 2025 (S.I. No. 150 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E21
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.05.2025) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Appendix I) 2025 (S.I. No. 149 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E22
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.03.2025) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Digital Services Act) 2025 (S.I. No. 55 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E23
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.01.2025) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Guardian ad litem and next friend) 2025 (S.I. No. 14 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E24
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.01.2025) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Digital) 2025 (S.I. No. 13 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E25
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.07.2024) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Interrogatories) 2024 (S.I. No. 363 of 2024), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E26
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.07.2024) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 11) 2024 (S.I. No. 362 of 2024), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E27
Power pursuant to Act exercised (7.06.2024) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Particulars) 2024 (S.I. No. 229 of 2024), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E28
Power pursuant to Act exercised (31.05.2024) by Rules of The Superior Courts (Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022) 2024 (S.I. No. 228 of 2024), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E29
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.04.2024) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 84) 2024 (S.I. No. 163 of 2024), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E30
Power pursuant to Act exercised (26.04.2024) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 61) 2024 (S.I. No. 161 of 2024), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E31
Power pursuant to Act exercised (12.01.2024) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Companies) 2024 (S.I. No. 7 of 2024), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E32
Power pursuant to Act exercised (8.12.2023) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Orders 36 and 52) 2023 (S.I. No. 606 of 2023), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E33
Power pursuant to Act exercised (3.10.2023) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Subpoena) 2023 (S.I. No. 483 of 2023), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E34
Power pursuant to Act exercised (3.10.2023) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Bankruptcy) 2023 (S.I. No. 482 of 2023), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E35
Power pursuant to Act exercised (1.10.2023) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 74) 2023 (S.I. No. 481 of 2023), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E36
Power pursuant to Act exercised (22.09.2023) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 19) 2023 (S.I. No. 456 of 2023), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E37
Power pursuant to Act exercised (25.05.2023) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015) 2023 (S.I. No. 261 of 2023), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E38
Power pursuant to Act exercised (16.09.2022) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Procedure on Default) 2022 (S.I. No. 454 of 2022), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E39
Power pursuant to Act exercised (9.05.2022) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Companies Act 2014, Part 10A) 2021 (S.I. No. 218 of 2022), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E40
Power pursuant to Act exercised (26.04.2022) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Lodgment and Tender) 2022 (S.I. No. 186 of 2022), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E41
Power pursuant to Act exercised (26.04.2022) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Powers of Attorney) 2022 (S.I. No. 185 of 2022), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E42
Power pursuant to Act exercised (16.03.2022) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Criminal Procedure Act 2021) 2022 (S.I. No. 122 of 2022), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E43
Power pursuant to Act exercised (24.11.2021) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Service in Wardship Proceedings) 2021 (S.I. No. 600 of 2021), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E44
Power pursuant to Act exercised (13.11.2021) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Procedure on Default) 2021 (S.I. No. 490 of 2021), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E45
Power pursuant to Act exercised (22.10.2021) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Intellectual property proceedings) 2021 (S.I. No. 530 of 2021), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E46
Power pursuant to Act exercised (12.10.2021) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Hague Maintenance Convention) 2021 (S.I. No. 498 of 2021), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E47
Power pursuant to Act exercised (5.05.2021) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Regulation of Legal Services) 2021 (S.I. No. 196 of 2021), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E48
Power pursuant to Act exercised (31.03.2021) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Affidavits) 2021 (S.I. No. 127 of 2021), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E49
Power pursuant to Act exercised (18.02.2021) by Rules of the Superior Courts (CervicalCheck Tribunal) 2021 (S.I. No. 57 of 2021), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E50
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.02.2021) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 95) 2020 (S.I. No. 757 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E51
Power pursuant to Act exercised (1.03.2021) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Probate and Administration Oaths and Bonds) 2020 (S.I. No. 590 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E52
Power pursuant to Act exercised (10.11.2020) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Judges’ Robes) 2020 (S.I. No. 495 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E53
Power pursuant to Act exercised (7.08.2020) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Orders 105 And 106) 2020 (S.I. No. 257 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E54
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.02.2020) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Coroners) 2020 (S.I. No. 43 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E55
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.12.2019) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Costs) 2019 (S.I. No. 584 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E56
Power pursuant to Act exercised (10.01.2019) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Supreme Court) 2018 (S.I. No. 583 of 2019).
E57
Power pursuant to Act exercised (11.01.2019) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Renewal of Summons) 2018 (S.I. No. 482 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E58
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.09.2019) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Special Care of Children) 2019 (S.I. No. 422 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E59
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.06.2019) by Rules Of The Superior Courts (Renewal Of Summons) 2019 (S.I. No. 224 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E60
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.06.2019) by Rules Of The Superior Courts (Data Protection Actions) 2019 (S.I. No. 223 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E61
Power pursuant to Act exercised (19.06.2019) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Injuries: Section 8 Notices) 2019 (S.I. No. 216 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E62
Power pursuant to Act exercised (29.04.2019) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Appendix W) 2019 (S.I. No. 161 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E63
Power pursuant to Act exercised (25.04.2019) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 39) 2019 (S.I. No. 139 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E64
Power pursuant to Act exercised (15.04.2019) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Service) (No. 2) 2019 (S.I. No. 146 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E65
Power pursuant to Act exercised (15.03.2019) by Rules Of The Superior Courts (Order 61A) 2019 (S.I. No. 66 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E66
Power pursuant to Act exercised (10.01.2019) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Supreme Court) 2018 (S.I. No. 583 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E67
Power pursuant to Act exercised (11.01.2019) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Renewal of Summons) 2018 (S.I. No. 582 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E68
Power pursuant to Act exercised (10.12.2018) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Service in other EU States) 2018 (S.I. No. 470 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E69
Power pursuant to Act exercised (10.12.2018) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Court of Appeal) 2018 (S.I. No. 469 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E70
Power pursuant to Act exercised (31.10.2018) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Injuries: Periodic Payments Orders) 2018 (S.I. No. 430 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E71
Power pursuant to Act exercised (31.10.2018) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Appeals from the Circuit Court) 2018 (S.I. No. 428 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E72
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.10.2018) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 85) 2018 (S.I. No. 381 of 2018).
E73
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.09.2018) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Proceeds of Crime and Financing of Terrorism) 2018 (S.I. No. 316 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E74
Power pursuant to Act exercised (2.09.2018) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Judicial Review) 2018 (S.I. No. 310 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E75
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.08.2018) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Review of the Award of Public Contracts) 2018 (S.I. No. 234 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E76
Power pursuant to Act exercised (15.06.2018) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 61A) 2018 (S.I. No. 189 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E77
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.06.2018) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 42C) 2018 (S.I. No. 168 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E78
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.03.2018) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Special Care of Children) 2018 (S.I. No. 63 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E79
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.01.2018) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Mediation) 2018 (S.I. No. 13 of 2018 ), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E80
Power pursuant to section exercised (27.11.2017) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Service) 2017 (S.I. No. 475 of 2017), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E81
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.11.2017) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments) 2017 (S.I. No. 457 of 2017), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E82
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.10.2017) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Orders 5 and 84 (Amendment)) 2017 (S.I. No. 404 of 2017), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E83
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.10.2017) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 121B (Amendment)) 2017 (S.I. No. 403 of 2017), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E84
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.06.2017) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003) 2017 (S.I. No. 186 of 2017), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E85
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.05.2017) by Superior Courts (European Account Preservation Order) 2017 (S.I. No. 156 of 2017), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E86
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.10.2016) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 122) 2016 (S.I. No. 471 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E87
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.2016) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Chancery and Non-Jury Actions: Pre-trial procedures) 2016 (S.I. No. 255 of 2016)., in operation as per rule 1(1)
E88
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.2016) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Conduct of Trials) 2016 (S.I. No. 254 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E89
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.08.2016) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Construction Contracts Act 2013) 2016 (S.I. No. 450 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E90
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.06.2016) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Bankruptcy) 2016 (S.I. No. 232 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E91
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.05.2016) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Act 2015) 2016 (S.I. No. 161 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E92
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.05.2016) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Service of Documents) 2016 (S.I. No. 148 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E93
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.03.2016) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Appeals from the Circuit Court) 2016 (S.I. No. 124 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E94
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.02.2016) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 15) 2016 (S.I. No. 83 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E95
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.01.2016) by Superior Courts (Children and Family Relationships Act 2015) 2016 (S.I. No. 16 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E96
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.01.2016) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments) (No. 2) 2016 (S.I. No. 10 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E97
Power pursuant to section exercised (12.01.2016) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments) 2016 (S.I. No. 9 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E98
Power pursuant to section exercised (30.12.2015) by Superior Courts (Companies Act 2014) (No. 2) 2015 (S.I. No. 616 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E99
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.11.2015) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Insolvency) 2015 (S.I. No. 507 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E100
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.11.2015) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Bail Hearings) 2015 (S.I. No. 470 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E101
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.11.2015) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 70A) 2015 (S.I. No. 469 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E102
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.08.2015) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Judicial Review) 2015 (S.I. No. 345 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E103
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.07.2015) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Companies Act 2014) 2015 (S.I. No. 255 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E104
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.12.2014) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 76) 2014 (S.I. No. 600 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E105
Power pursuant to section exercised (24.11.2014) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Supreme Court Forms) 2014 (S.I. No. 539 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E106
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.10.2014) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Court of Appeal Act 2014) 2014 (S.I. No. 485 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E107
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.07.2014) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Case Stated) 2014 (S.I. No. 293 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E108
Power pursuant to section exercised (7.07.2014) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Provision of Transcripts of Sentencing Hearings) 2014 (S.I. No. 278 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E109
Power pursuant to section exercised (7.07.2014) by Superior Courts (Service or delivery by post) 2014 (S.I. No. 277 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E110
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.02.2014) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013) 2014 (S.I. No. 16 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E111
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.12.2013) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Bankruptcy) 2013 (S.I. No. 461 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E112
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.11.2013) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Payments into Court) 2013 (S.I. No. 396 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E113
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.11.2013) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Winding-Up of Companies: Forms) 2013 (S.I. No. 395 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E114
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.08.2013) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Insolvency) 2013 (S.I. No. 316 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E115
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.09.2013) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Lugano Convention, Maintenance and Service) 2013 (S.I. No. 307 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E116
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.04.2013) by Rules of the Superior Courts (International Criminal Court Act 2006) 2013 (S.I. No. 117 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E117
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.04.2013) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 72A) 2013 (S.I. No. 116 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E118
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.04.2013) by Superior Courts (Order 123) 2013 (S.I. No. 101 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E119
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.10.2012) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Robes of Bench) 2012 (S.I. No. 400 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E120
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.12.2012) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Funds in Court) 2012 (S.I. No. 488 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E121
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.12.2012) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Affidavits) 2012 (S.I. No. 487 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E122
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.10.2012) by Rules of the Superior Courts (European Communities (Mediation) Regulations 2011) 2012 (S.I. No. 357 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E123
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.10.2012) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 75) 2012 (S.I. No. 356 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E124
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.10.2012) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Trial) 2012 (S.I. No. 355 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E125
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.06.2012) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Arbitration) 2012 (S.I. No. 150 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E126
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.04.2012) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Winding-Up of Companies and Examinership) 2012 (S.I. No. 121 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E127
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.04.2012) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Bankruptcy) 2012 (S.I. No. 120 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E128
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.04.2012) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Criminal Procedure Act 2010) 2012 (S.I. No. 114 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E129
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.02.2012) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Service) 2012 (S.I. No. 15 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E130
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.01.2012) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Lodgment of Documents) 2011 (S.I. No. 692 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E131
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.2012) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Judicial Review) 2011 (S.I. No. 691 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E132
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.10.2011) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Robes of Bench) 2011 (S.I. No. 524 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E133
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.07.2011) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Civil Partnership and Cohabitation) 2011 (S.I. No. 348 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E134
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.02.2011) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Examiner) 2011 (S.I. No. 2 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E135
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.11.2010) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Derivative Actions) 2010 (S.I. No. 503 of 2010), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E136
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.11.2010) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Mediation and Conciliation) 2010 (S.I. No. 502 of 2010), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E137
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.09.2010) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Review of the Award of Public Contracts) 2010 (S.I. No. 420 of 2010), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E138
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.08.2010) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Arbitration) 2010 (S.I. No. 361 of 2010), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E139
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.06.2010) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Trial) 2010 (S.I. No. 209 of 2010), in operation as per rule 2.
E140
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.06.2010) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 75) 2010 (S.I. No. 208 of 2010), in operation as per rule 1.
E141
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.05.2010) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009) 2010 (S.I. No. 149 of 2010), in operation as per rule 1.
E142
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.03.2010) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008) 2010 (S.I. No. 54 of 2010), in operation as per rule 3.
E143
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.01.2010) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Combined Court offices) 2009 (S.I. No. 582 of 2009), in operation as per rule 1.
E144
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.2010) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Defamation) 2009 (S.I. No. 511 of 2009), in operation as per rule 2.
E145
Power pursuant to section exercised (5.10.2009) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Opening Hours of offices) 2009 (S.I. No. 354 of 2009), in operation as per rule 2.
E146
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.08.2009) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Service of Proceedings (Regulation (Ec) No. 1393/2007)) 2009 (S.I. No. 280 of 2009), in operation as per rule 1.
E147
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.08.2009) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Slip Rule) 2009 (S.I. No. 271 of 2009), in operation as per rule 2.
E148
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.04.2009) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Affidavits) 2009 (S.I. No. 95 of 2009), in operation as per rule 2.
E149
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.04.2009) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Discovery) 2009 (S.I. No. 93 of 2009), in operation as per rule 2.
E150
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.02.2009) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Criminal Justice Acts 2006 and 2007) 2009 (S.I. No. 10 of 2009), in operation as per rule 3.
E151
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.12.2008) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Amendment to Order 118) 2008 (S.I. No. 562 of 2008), in operation as per rule 2.
E152
Power pursuant to section exercised (29.12.2008) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002) 2008 (S.I. No. 529 of 2008), in operation as per rule 3.
E153
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.12.2008) by Rules of the Superior Courts (European Orders for Payment) 2008 (S.I. No. 551 of 2008), in operation as per rule 3.
E154
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.09.2008) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Recording of Proceedings) 2008 (S.I. No. 325 of 2008), in operation as per rule 2.
E155
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.07.2008) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006) 2008 (S.I. No. 190 of 2008), in operation as per rule 2.
E156
Power pursuant to section exercised (12.03.2008) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Cape town Convention) 2008 (S.I. No. 31 of 2008), in operation as per rule 2.
E157
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.02.2008) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Costs) 2008 (S.I. No. 12 of 2008), in operation as per rule 2.
E158
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.09.2007) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006) 2007 (S.I. No. 597 of 2007), in operation as per rule 3.
E159
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.2007) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Transfer of Sentenced Persons) 2007 (S.I. No. 417 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E160
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.2007) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Charging Orders) 2007 (S.I. No. 416 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E161
Power pursuant to section exercised (29.06.2007) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Jurisdiction, Recognition, Enforcement and Service of Proceedings) 2007 (S.I. No. 407 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E162
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.02.2007) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Statutory Applications and Appeals) 2007 (S.I. No. 14 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E163
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.02.2007) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Evidence) 2007 (S.I. No. 13 of 2007) in operation as per rule 3.
E164
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.01.2007) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Mental Health Act 2001) 2006 (S.I. No. 597 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E165
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.09.2006) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Competition) 2006 (S.I. No. 461 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E166
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.06.2006 and other) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Taxi Regulation) 2006 (S.I. No. 315 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E167
Power pursuant to section exercised (5.06.2006) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Proceeds of Crime and Financing of Terrorism) 2006 (S.I. No. 242 of 2006), in operation as per rule 3.
E168
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.04.2006) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Mode of Address of Judges) 2006 (S.I. No. 196 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E169
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.03.2006) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Arbitration) 2006 (S.I. No. 109 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E170
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.02.2006) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Commissions of Investigation Act 2004) 2006 (S.I. No. 23 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E171
Power pursuant to section exercised (7.02.2006) by Rules of the Superior Courts (European Enforcement Orders) 2006 (S.I. No. 3 of 2006), in operation as per rule 4.
E172
Power pursuant to section exercised (5.12.2005) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Takeover Schemes) 2005 (S.I. No. 688 of 2005), in operation as per rule 1.
E173
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.11.2005) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000) 2005 (S.I. No. 674 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E174
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.08.2005) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Jurisdiction, Recognition, Enforcement and Service of Proceedings) 2005 (S.I. No. 506 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E175
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.04.2004) by Rules Of The Superior Courts (Proof Of Liquidator's Appointment In Creditors' Voluntary Winding Up) 2004 (S.I. No. 502 of 2005).
E176
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.07.2005) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Criminal Justice Act 1999) 2005 (S.I. No. 295 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E177
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.07.2005) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Elections) 2005 (S.I. No. 294 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E178
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.07.2005) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Proceedings Under The Employment Equality Acts 1998 and 2004) 2005 (S.I. No. 293 of 2005), in operation as per rule 3.
E179
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.06.2005) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Tenders Between Defendants) 2005 (S.I. No. 249 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E180
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.06.2005) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Injuries) 2005 (S.I. No. 248 of 2005), in operation as per rule 1.
E181
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.06.2005) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Section 40, Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004) 2005 (S.I. No. 247 of 2005), in operation as per rule 1.
E182
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.03.2005) by The Rules of the Superior Courts (Competition Proceedings) 2005 (S.I. No. 130 of 2005).
E183
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.01.2005) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 77 Amendment) Rules) 2005 (S.I. No. 51 of 2005).
E184
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.02.2005) by Rules of the Superior Courts (European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 and Extradition Acts 1965 To 2001) 2005 (S.I. No. 23 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E185
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.02.2005) by Rules of the Superior Court (Lawyers' Establishment Regulations) 2005 (S.I. No. 15 of 2005), in operation as per rule 4.
E186
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.12.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Commission To Inquire Into Child Abuse Act, 2000) 2004 (S.I. No. 884 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E187
Power pursuant to section exercised (29.12.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Teaching Council Act 2001) 2004 (S.I. No. 815 of 2004), in operation as per rule 4.
E188
Power pursuant to section exercised (29.12.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Planning and Development Act, 2000) 2004 (S.I. No. 813 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E189
Power pursuant to section exercised (29.12.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Court of Criminal Appeal) 2004 (S.I. No. 812 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E190
Power pursuant to section exercised (29.12.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Bail Applications) 2004 (S.I. No. 811 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E191
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.11.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Aviation Regulation Act, 2001) 2004 (S.I. No. 810 of 2004).
E192
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.01.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 85) 2004 (S.I. No. 767 of 2004).
E193
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.09.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002) 2004 (S.I. No. 701 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E194
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.08.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003) 2004 (S.I. No. 517 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E195
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.07.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 130 (Amendment) Rules) 2004 (S.I. No. 471 of 2004).
E196
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.05.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Amendment To Order 118) 2004 (S.I. No. 253 of 2004).
E197
Power pursuant to section exercised (7.04.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Right of Attorney General and Human Rights Commissioner To Notice of Proceedings Involving Declaration of Incompatibility Issue Rules) 2004 (S.I. No. 211 of 2004).
E198
Power pursuant to section exercised (30.04.2004) by The Rules of the Superior Courts (Shorthand Reporting) 2004 (S.I. No. 137 of 2004), in operation as per rule 3(1), (2).
E199
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.02.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 27 (Amendment) Rules) 2004 (S.I. No. 63 of 2004).
E200
Power pursuant to section exercised (5.01.2004) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Commercial Proceedings) 2004 (S.I. No. 2 of 2004).
E201
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.11.2003) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Courts - Martial Appeal Court Rules) 2003 (S.I. No. 646 of 2003).
E202
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.12.2003) by Rules of the Superior Courts (Fees Payable To Commissioners For Oaths) 2003 (S.I. No. 616 of 2003), in operation as per rule 2.
E203
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.06.2002) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) (Remuneration of Committees of Wards of Court) 2002 (S.I. No. 208 of 2002), in operation as per rule 2.
E204
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.2002) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) (Euro Changeover) 2001 (S.I. No. 585 of 2001), in operation as per rule 8.
E205
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.12.2001) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) (Chief Prosecution Solicitor) 2001 (S.I. No. 535 of 2001), in operation as per rule 2.
E206
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.07.2001) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) (Investor Compensation Act 1998) 2001 (S.I. No. 270 of 2001), in operation as per rule 2.
E207
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.07.2001) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) (Amendment To Order 3) 2001 (S.I. No. 269 of 2001), in operation as per rule 2.
E208
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.07.2001) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) (Amendment To Order 77) 2001 (S.I. No. 268 of 2001), in operation as per rule 2.
E209
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.04.2001) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) (Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991) 2001 (S.I. No. 94 of 2001), in operation as per rule 2.
E210
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.11.2000) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) Documentation For Review of Taxation) 2000 (S.I. No. 329 of 2000), in operation as per rule 2.
E211
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.11.2000) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 5) (Offer of Payment in Lieu of Lodgement) 2000 (S.I. No. 328 of 2000), in operation as per rule 3.
E212
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.11.2000) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) (Amendment of Order 70A) 2000 (S.I. No. 327 of 2000), in operation as per rule 2.
E213
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.04.2000) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) (Courts-Martial Appeal Court Rules (Amendment)) 2000 (S.I. No. 105 of 2000), in operation as per rule 4.
E214
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.03.2000) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) (Powers of Attorney Act 1996) 2000 (S.I. No. 66 of 2000), in operation as per rule 2.
E215
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.08.1999) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) (Discovery) 1999 (S.I. No. 233 of 1999), in operation as per rule 3.
E216
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.03.1999) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) (Proof of Foreign Diplomatic, Consular and Public Documents) 1999 (S.I. No. 3 of 1999), in operation as per rule 3.
E217
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.10.1998) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 7) (Appeals From The Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal) 1998 (S.I. No. 392 of 1998), in operation as per rule 2.
E218
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.1997, deemed) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 6) (Disclosure of Reports and Statements) 1998 (S.I. No. 391 of 1998), in operation as per rule 3.
E219
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.10.1998) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 5) (Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Compellability, Privileges and Immunities of Witnesses) Act, 1997) 1998 (S.I. No. 381 of 1998), in operation as per rule 2.
E220
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.10.1998) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) (Review of the Award of Public Contracts) 1998 (S.I. No. 374 of 1998), in operation as per rule 2.
E221
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.09.1998) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) (Freedom of Information Act, 1997) 1998 (S.I. No. 325 of 1998), in operation as per rule 2.
E222
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.08.1998) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) (Applications Pursuant To Article 28.4.3 of the Constitution) 1998 (S.I. No. 281 of 1998), in operation as per rule 2.
E223
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.02.1998) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) (Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994) 1998 (S.I. No. 14 of 1998), in operation as per rule 4.
E224
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.1997) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 6) of 1997 (S.I. No. 347 of 1997), in operation as per rule 3.
E225
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.1997) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 5) 1997 (S.I. No. 346 of 1997), in operation as per rule 3.
E226
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.1997) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) 1997 (S.I. No. 344 of 1997), in operation as per rule 2.
E227
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.1997) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) of 1997 (S.I. No. 343 of 1997), in operation as per rule 2.
E228
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.04.1997) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1997 (S.I. No. 166 of 1997), in operation as per rule 3.
E229
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.02.1997) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1997 (S.I. No. 52 of 1997), in operation as per rule 2.
E230
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1997) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1996 (S.I. No. 377 of 1996), in operation as per rule 2.
E231
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.01.1996) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1996 (S.I. No. 5 of 1996), in operation as per rule 2.
E232
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.10.1995) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1995 (S.I. No. 243 of 1995), in operation as per rule 2.
E233
Power pursuant to section exercised (4.06.1994) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1994 (S.I. No. 101 of 1994), in operation as per rule 4.
E234
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.09.1993) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1993 (S.I. No. 265 of 1993), in operation as per rule 9.
E235
Power pursuant to section exercised (5.08.1993) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1993 (S.I. No. 283 of 1993), in operation as per rule 3.
E236
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.1992) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1992 (S.I. No. 260 of 1992), in operation as per rule 3.
E237
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.03.1992) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1992 (S.I. No. 46 of 1992), in operation as per rule 2.
E238
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.11.1991) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) of 1991 (S.I. No. 278 of 1991), in operation as per rule 6.
E239
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.07.1991) by Superior Court Rules (No. 2) of 1991 (S.I. No. 177 of 1991), in operation as per rule 3.
E240
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.06.1991) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1991 (S.I. No. 147 of 1991), in operation as per rule 3.
E241
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.03.1991) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1991 (S.I. No. 67 of 1991).
E242
Power pursuant to section exercised (30.11.1990) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) 1990 (S.I. No. 281 of 1990), in operation as per rule 2.
E243
Power pursuant to section exercised (24.09.1990) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1990 (S.I. No. 229 of 1990), in operation as per rule 5.
E244
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.07.1990) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1990 (S.I. No. 143 of 1990), in operation as per rule 10.
E245
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.05.1990) by Rules of Superior Courts (No. 1) 1990 (S.I. No. 97 of 1990), in operation as per rule 19.
E246
Power pursuant to section exercised (24.04.1989) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1989 (S.I. No. 79 of 1989), in operation as per rule 5.
E247
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.02.1989) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1989 (S.I. No. 20 of 1989), in operation as per rule 9.
E248
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.02.1989) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1989 (S.I. No. 14 of 1989), in operation as per rule 12.
E249
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), in operation as per preamble.
E250
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.1997, deemed) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 8) (Disclosure and Admission of Reports and Statements) (Amendment) 1997 (S.I. No. 471 of 1997), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (14.10.1998) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 6) (Disclosure of Reports and Statements) 1998 (S.I. No. 391 of 1998), rule 2, in operation as per rules 2, 3.
E251
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.1997) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 7) 1997 (S.I. No. 348 of 1997); revoked (14.10.1998) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 6) (Disclosure of Reports and Statements) 1998 (S.I. No. 391 of 1998), rule 2, in operation as per rules 2, 3.
E252
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (9.12.1983) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1983 (S.I. No. 370 of 1983); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E253
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (21.09.1983) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1983 (S.I. No. 283 of 1983); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E254
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (10.05.1983) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1983 (S.I. No. 125 of 1983); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E255
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (9.07.1981) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 5) 1981 (S.I. No. 245 of 1981); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E256
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (30.06.1981) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) 1981 (S.I. No. 237 of 1981); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E257
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (31.03.1981) by The Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1981 (S.I. No. 124 of 1981); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E258
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (31.03.1981) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) of 1981 (S.I. No. 130 of 1981); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E259
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (28.01.1981) by The Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) of 1981 (S.I. No. 32 of 1981); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E260
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (15.12.1980) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) 1980 (S.I. No. 384 of 1980); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E261
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (17.10.1980) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1980 (S.I. No. 319 of 1980); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E262
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (2.05.1980) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1980 (S.I. No. 127 of 1980); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E263
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (20.02.1980) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1980 (S.I. No. 48 of 1980); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E264
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (25.10.1978) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1978 (S.I. No. 295 of 1978); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E265
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (24.06.1977) by The Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1977 (S.I. No. 194 of 1977); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E266
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (3.12.1976) by The Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1976 (S.I. No. 286 of 1976); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E267
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (22.01.1975) by The Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) of 1975 (S.I. No. 15 of 1975); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E268
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (29.05.1974) by The Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) of 1974 (S.I. No. 261 of 1974); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E269
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (27.05.1974) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1974 (S.I. No. 256 of 1974); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E270
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (26.07.1973) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1973 (S.I. No. 220 of 1973; revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E271
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (5.12.1972) by The Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1972 (S.I. No. 300 of 1972); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E272
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (11.10.1971) by The Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1971 (S.I. No. 284 of 1971); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E273
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (28.07.1971) by The Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1971 (S.I. No. 226 of 1971); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E274
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (22.03.1971) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1971 (S.I. No. 129 of 1971); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E275
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (5.02.1971) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1970 (S.I. No. 38 of 1971); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E276
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (26.01.1971) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1970 (S.I. No. 27 of 1971); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E277
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (19.03.1968) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1968 (S.I. No. 66 of 1968); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E278
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (19.10.1967) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2), 1967 (S.I. No. 219 of 1967); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E279
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (30.03.1967) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1967 (S.I. No. 63 of 1967); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E280
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (28.07.1966) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3), 1966 (S.I. No. 185 of 1966); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E281
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (19.07.1966) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1966 (S.I. No. 169 of 1966); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E282
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (7.02.1966) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1966 (S.I. No. 28 of 1966); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E283
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section (applying Courts of Justice Act 1936 (48/1936), s. 68) exercised (8.02.1965) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 29 of 1965); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E284
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section (applying Courts of Justice Act 1936 (48/1936), s. 68) exercised (1.07.1964) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1964 (S.I. No. 166 of 1964); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E285
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section (applying Courts of Justice Act 1936 (48/1936), s. 68) exercised (6.06.1964) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) 1964 (S.I. No. 168 of 1964); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E286
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section (applying Courts of Justice Act 1936 (48/1936), s. 68) exercised (20.04.1964) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1964 (S.I. No. 96 of 1964); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E287
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section (applying Courts of Justice Act 1936 (48/1936), s. 68) exercised (26.02.1964) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1964 (S.I. No. 38 of 1964); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E288
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section (applying Courts of Justice Act 1936 (48/1936), s. 68) exercised (7.11.1963) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1963 (S.I. No. 224 of 1963); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E289
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section (applying Courts of Justice Act 1936 (48/1936), s. 68) exercised (28.05.1963) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1963 (S.I. No. 105 of 1963); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
E290
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section (applying Courts of Justice Act 1936 (48/1936), s. 68) exercised (1.01.1963) by Rules of the Superior Courts 1962 (S.I. No. 72 of 1962); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble.
PART III
Circuit Court
Section 15
Definitions (Part III).
15.—In this Part of and in the Third, Fourth and Fifth Schedules to this Act—
“action” means a civil proceeding in the Circuit Court commenced by civil bill;
“cause” means any action, suit or original proceeding between a plaintiff and a defendant;
“defendant” includes respondent;
“incorporeal hereditament” includes an easement and a licence in respect of land;
“matter” means any proceeding in the Circuit Court not in a cause;
“plaintiff” includes applicant and petitioner;
“proceedings” includes both causes and matters;
references to the judge of a particular circuit shall be construed as references to the judge of the Circuit Court for the time being assigned to that circuit;
“personality” does not include chattels real;
“land” includes incorporeal hereditaments;
“rules of court” means rules made under section 66 of the Act of 1924, as applied by section 48 of this Act.
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E291
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.03.1981) by Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1981 (S.I. No. 130 of 1981); revoked (1.10.1986) by Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), preamble and Appendix Z, in operation as per preamble. This SI is made under s. 15, but this appears to be a typographical error, and it is also listed above under s. 14.
Section 16
Number of ordinary judges of Circuit Court.
16.—F34[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F34
Repealed (24.06.1964) by Courts Act 1964 (11/1964), s. 2(2), commenced on enactment.
Section 17
Qualifications of judges of Circuit Court.
17.—(1) (a) The existing President of the Circuit Court shall be qualified for appointment as President of the Circuit Court and, if he is willing to accept office, no other person shall be qualified for appointment as President of the Circuit Court.
(b) Each of the persons (other than the existing President of the Circuit Court) who are judges of the existing Circuit Court immediately before the operative date shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Circuit Court and, if and so long as there is one or more than one of those persons who is willing to accept office and has not been appointed, no other person shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Circuit Court.
(c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection apply only in relation to the qualification for appointment of the first judges of the Circuit Court.
(d) Subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall have effect subject to the preceding paragraphs of this subsection.
F35[(2) F36[Subject to subsection (4), a person] who is for the time being a practising barrister or a practising solicitor of not less than 10 years' standing shall be qualified for appointment as a judge of the Circuit Court.
(2A) F36[Subject to subsection (4), a judge] of the District Court shall be qualified for appointment as a judge of the Circuit Court.
(2B) F36[Subject to subsection (4), a county registrar] who practised as a barrister or a solicitor for not less than 10 years before he or she was appointed to be a county registrar shall be qualified for appointment as a judge of the Circuit Court.]
F37[(2C) A specialist judge of the Circuit Court shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Circuit Court.]
(3) An ordinary judge of the Circuit Court shall be qualified for appointment as President of the Circuit Court.
F37[(4) Any of the following persons shall be qualified for appointment as a specialist judge of the Circuit Court:
(a) a person who is for the time being a county registrar, having held such office for not less than 2 years continuously, and
(b) subject to subsection (5)—
(i) a person who is for the time being a practising barrister or a practising solicitor of not less than 10 years standing, and
(ii) a judge of the District Court.
(5) Subsection (4)(b) shall come into operation on such day, being not later than 1 January 2014, as the Minister may by order appoint.]
F38[(6) Section 45A provides an additional basis for qualification for appointment as a judge of the Circuit Court.
(7) In this section, "practising barrister" has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2015.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F35
Substituted (10.04.2002) by Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 (15/2002), s. 5, commenced on enactment.
F36
Substituted (18.01.2013) by Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (44/2012), ss. 188(a)-(c), S.I. No. 14 of 2013.
F37
Inserted (18.01.2013) by Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (44/2012), ss. 188(d), (e), S.I. No. 14 of 2013.
F38
Inserted (1.01.2025) by Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023 (33/2023), s. 63(c), S.I. No. 553 of 2024.
F39
Substituted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 27, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C16
Prospective affecting provision: subs. (3) substituted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 27, not commenced as of date of revision.
F39[(3) An ordinary judge of the Circuit Court shall be qualified for—
(a) appointment as President of the Circuit Court, or
(b) assignment as Principal Judge of the Family Circuit Court.]
C17
Application of section extended (16.04.1975) by Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975), s. 14(2)(d), commenced on enactment, as amended.
Consequential
14. ...
(2) [Subject to subsection (2A) of this section, when a person who is a barrister or a solicitor is appointed] to be either—
(a) a Commissioner in a whole-time capacity, or
(b) a whole-time officer of the Commission,
then, for the purpose of qualification for appointment—
(c) under section 5 (2) (a) of the Act of 1961, as a judge of the Supreme Court [, the Court of Appeal] or the High Court,
[(d) under subsection (2) or (2B) of section 17 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, as a judge of the Circuit Court, ]
...
service by him as such a Commissioner or as such an officer of the Commission, as may be appropriate, [shall be deemed to be practice as a barrister or a solicitor, as may be appropriate].
...
Editorial Notes:
E292
Power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (31.12.2013) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 17(4)(b)) (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 489 of 2013).
E293
Previous affecting provision: subs. (2)(a) amended, subs. (2)(c) inserted (15.12.1995) by Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995), s. 30(a), (b), commenced on enactment; subsection substituted (10.04.2002) as per F-note above.
E294
Previous affecting provision: subs. (2) substituted (15.12.1995) by Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995), s. 30(a), commenced on enactment; superseded (10.04.2002)as per F-note above.
E295
Previous affecting provision: qualification for appointment under subs. (2)(a) extended (16.04.1975) by Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975), s. 14(2)(d), commenced on enactment; subsection substituted (10.04.2002) as per F-note above.
E296
Previous affecting provision: qualification for appointment under subs. (2)(a) extended (24.11.1973) by Courts Act 1973 (26/1973), s. 2(2), commenced on enactment; subsection substituted (10.04.2002) as per F-note above.
Section 18
Age of retirement of judge of Circuit Court.
18.—(1) The age of retirement of a judge of the Circuit Court shall be seventy years.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the age of retirement of a judge of the Circuit Court who was a judge of the existing Circuit Court at the passing of the Act of 1947 shall be seventy-two years.
Section 19
Pensions of judges of Circuit Court.
19.—(1) The provisions set out in Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act shall apply to the pensions of judges of the Circuit Court.
(2) Where a judge of the Circuit Court is removed from office on account of incapacity, he shall be deemed for the purpose of pension to have vacated his office owing to permanent infirmity.
Section 20
Circuits and assignment of judges to circuits.
20.—(1) The circuits created under section 16 (repealed by this Act) of the Act of 1953 shall be the circuits for the purposes of the Circuit Court.
(2) F40[…]
(3) F40[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F40
Repealed (10.05.1977) by Courts Act 1977 (11/1977), s. 4, commenced on enactment.
F41
Inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 26(a), not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C18
Prospective affecting provision: subs. (1A) inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 26(a), not commenced as of date of revision.
20.— ...
F41[(1A) The Family Circuit Court circuits created under section 20A (inserted by section 26 of the Act of 2024) shall be the circuits for the purposes of the Family Circuit Court.]
Editorial Notes:
E297
Previous affecting provision: application of subs. (2)(a) restricted (24.06.1964) by Courts Act 1964 (11/1964), s. 4(1), commenced on enactment; subsection repealed (10.05.1977) as per F-note above.
Section 20A
F42[Creation and alteration of Family Circuit Court circuits
20A.— ...]
Annotations
Amendments:
F42
Inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 26(b), not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C19
Prospective affecting provision: s. 20A inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 26(b), not commenced as of date of revision.
F42[20A.— (1) The circuits created under this section shall be circuits for the purposes of the Family Circuit Court.
(2) The Government, after consultation with the President of the Circuit Court, the Principal Judge of the Family Circuit Court and the judges of the Family Circuit Court (if any) assigned to the circuits to which the order will relate, may by order—
(a) divide the State into geographical areas (in this Act referred to as "Family Circuit Court circuits") for the purposes of the Family Circuit Court, and
(b) attach to each such circuit a name by which it shall be known.
(3) The Government may, after consultation with the President of the Circuit Court, the Principal Judge of the Family Circuit Court and the judges of the Family Circuit Court (if any) assigned to the Family Circuit Court circuit to which the order will relate, by order do either or both of the following:
(a) alter the composition of a Family Circuit Court circuit by adding or removing a part of a geographical area;
(b) where appropriate, attach to the Family Circuit Court circuit a name by which it shall be known in substitution for its existing name.
(4) An order under subsection (3) may make provision for the continuation and completion of any family law proceedings in a Family Circuit Court circuit to which the order relates—
(a) initiated before the commencement of the order, and
(b) not completed before such commencement.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), proceedings shall be regarded as being initiated on the day on which the civil bill or other originating document relating to the proceedings is issued.
(6) Every order made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.]
Section 21
Circuit Court to be a court of record.
21.—The Circuit Court shall be a court of record.
Section 22
Jurisdiction of Circuit Court, except in applications for new on-licences and in indictable offences.
22.—(1) (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection, the Circuit Court shall, concurrently with the High Court, have all the jurisdiction of the High Court to hear and determine any proceedings of the kind mentioned in column (2) of the Third Schedule to this Act at any reference number.
(b) Unless the necessary parties to the proceedings in a cause sign, either before or at any time during the hearing, the form of consent prescribed by rules of court, the Circuit Court shall not, by virtue of paragraph (a) of this subsection, have jurisdiction to hear and determine any cause of the kind mentioned in column (2) of the Third Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number in the case mentioned in column (3) of the said Schedule at that reference number.
(c) The Circuit Court shall not, by virtue of paragraph (a) of this subsection, have jurisdiction to hear and determine any matter of the kind mentioned in column (2) of the Third Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number in the case mentioned in column (3) of the said Schedule at that reference number.
(d) The jurisdiction of the Circuit Court to hear and determine proceedings of the kind mentioned in column (2) of the Third Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be exercised by the judge of the Circuit Court mentioned in column (4) of the said Schedule at that reference number.
(e) Where an incorporeal hereditament is involved in any proceedings in respect of which the Circuit Court has jurisdiction by virtue of this subsection, references in column (4) of the Third Schedule to this Act to the circuit where the land or any part of the land is situate shall be construed as references to the circuit where the land or any part of the land to, out of or in respect of which the incorporeal hereditament is annexed, arises, issues or is exercisable is situate.
(2) The Circuit Court shall, concurrently with the High Court, have and exercise the jurisdiction in lunacy matters which was conferred on the Lord Chancellor of Ireland by section 68 of the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act, 1871, that is to say, in cases where the property of the person alleged to be of unsound mind and incapable of managing his affairs does not exceed F43[five thousand pounds] in value or the income therefrom does not exceed F43[three hundred pounds] per annum.
(3) (a) The Circuit Court shall have and exercise the several jurisdictions which—
(i) were, under or by virtue of any enactment set out in column (2) of the Fourth Schedule to this Act or any other enactment formerly vested in or capable of being exercised by chairmen of quarter sessions, recorders, county court judges, or quarter sessions, and
(ii) were, immediately before the operative date, vested in or capable of being exercised by the existing Circuit Court.
(b) The jurisdiction vested in the Circuit Court by paragraph (a) of this subsection under any enactment set out in column (2) of the Fourth Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be exercised by the judge of the Circuit Court mentioned in column (3) of the said Schedule at that reference number.
(c) The Minister may from time to time by order make such provisions (not inconsistent with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subsection) for the exercise by judges of the Circuit Court severally of any jurisdiction vested in the Circuit Court by paragraph (a) of this subsection as are in his opinion necessary or proper having regard to the provisions of this Act relating to the Circuit Court and the judges thereof.
(d) Every order made by the Minister under paragraph (c) of this subsection shall, if the order so provides, have and be deemed always to have had effect as on and from the operative date.
(4) (a) Each British statute mentioned in column (2) of the Fifth Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the adaptations specified in column (3) of the said Schedule opposite the mention of that statute.
(b) The Minister may from time to time by order make such adaptations (not inconsistent with the adaptations effected by paragraph (a) of this subsection) in any enactment (wherein there is a reference to the former civil bill courts, county courts or courts of quarter sessions, to the former assistant barristers, recorders, county court judges or chairmen of quarter sessions or to former officers of those courts) contained in any British statute or Saorstát Éireann statute as are, in his opinion, necessary or proper having regard to the provisions of this Act relating to the Circuit Court and the judges thereof.
(c) Every order made by the Minister under paragraph (b) of this subsection shall, if the order so provides, have and be deemed always to have had effect as on and from the operative date.
(5) (a) There shall also be vested in the Circuit Court all jurisdiction which, by virtue of any enactment which is applied by section 48 of this Act, was, immediately before the operative date, vested in or capable of being exercised by the existing Circuit Court.
(b) A particular jurisdiction vested in the Circuit Court by paragraph (a) of this subsection shall, in case the exercise of that jurisdiction by the judges of the Circuit Court severally is not provided for in an enactment applied by section 48 of this Act, be exercised by the judges of the Circuit Court severally in the manner provided by rules of court.
(6) The Circuit Court, as regards any cause of action for the time being within its jurisdiction, shall in any proceedings before it—
(a) grant such relief, redress or remedy or combination of remedies, absolute or conditional, and
(b) give such and the like effect to every ground of defence or counterclaim, legal or equitable,
as ought to be granted or given in the like case by the High Court and in as full and ample a manner.
(7) Without prejudice to any jurisdiction conferred by the previous subsections of this section, the Circuit Court shall have powers of attachment, garnishee and interpleader, and shall have all powers (including the power to appoint a receiver) ancillary to any jurisdiction exercisable by it.
F44[(8) (a) Any interested party may at any time apply to the judge of the Circuit Court before whom an action commenced in that court or an appeal from the District Court is pending to have the action or appeal forwarded to the High Court and thereupon, in case the action or appeal is one fit to be tried in the High Court and the High Court appears to be the more appropriate tribunal in the circumstances, the said judge may send forward the action or appeal to the High Court upon such terms and subject to such conditions as to costs or otherwise as may appear to him to be just, and an appeal shall lie under section 38 of the Act of 1936, as applied by section 48 of this Act, from the decision of the judge granting or refusing any such application.
(b) Any interested party may at any time apply to a justice of the District Court before whom an action commenced in that court is pending to have the action forwarded to the Circuit Court or the High Court and thereupon, in case the action is one fit to be tried in the Circuit Court or the High Court, as the case may be, and the Circuit Court or the High Court, as the case may be, appears to be the more appropriate tribunal in the circumstances, the said justice may send forward the action to the Circuit Court or the High Court, as the case may be, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as to costs or otherwise as may appear to him to be just, and an appeal shall lie under section 84 of the Act of 1924, as applied by section 48 of this Act, from the decision of the justice granting or refusing any such application.]
(9) A judge of the Circuit Court may, on the application of any party or on his own motion, if he thinks fit, by order change the venue for the trial of any action pending before him from one place of hearing to any other within his circuit, and an appeal shall lie under section 38 of the Act of 1936, as applied by section 48 of this Act, from the decision of the judge of the Circuit Court making or refusing to make any such order.
(10) A judge of the Circuit Court may, on the application of any party to an action which has been partly heard, transfer the remainder or any portion of the hearing to another venue within his circuit or within the Dublin Circuit, and an appeal shall lie under section 38 of the Act of 1936, as applied by section 48 of this Act, from the decision of the judge granting or refusing any such application.
(11) A judge of the Circuit Court may, outside his circuit, hear and determine any application which he has power to hear and determine within that circuit and which, in his opinion, should be dealt with as a matter of urgency.
(12) Where—
(a) an action is pending before a judge of the Circuit Court for the time being assigned to a particular circuit, and
(b) an application is made by any party to such action for the transfer of such action to another circuit for hearing by the judge of the Circuit Court for the time being assigned to such other circuit,
such first-mentioned judge may, with the consent of such other judge, transfer such action accordingly and thereupon such action shall be heard and determined by such other judge, and an appeal shall lie under section 38 of the Act of 1936, as applied by section 48 of this Act, from the decision of the first-mentioned judge granting or refusing any such application.
(13) A judge of the Circuit Court may adjourn the hearing of any proceedings before him to any other court within his circuit.
(14) A judge of the Circuit Court may make out of court any orders which he may deem to be urgent.
(15) (a) Notwithstanding anything contained in Part IV of the Act of 1936, as applied by section 48 of this Act, no appeal shall lie from any decision of the Circuit Court in any proceedings in a cause if, before the decision is given, the parties agree, in writing signed by them, that the decision shall be final.
(b) An agreement under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall not require a stamp.
F45[(16) In the interests of the administration of justice and the determination of proceedings in a manner which is just, expeditious and likely to minimise the cost of those proceedings—
(a) the President of the Circuit Court, or
(b) any other judge of the Circuit Court as may be nominated for that purpose by the President of the Circuit Court,
may, subject to any practice direction issued under subsection (17), make any order or give any direction he or she thinks appropriate in relation to the conduct of proceedings before the Circuit Court.
(17) The President of the Circuit Court may, in the interests of the administration of justice and the determination of proceedings in a manner which is just, expeditious and likely to minimise the cost of those proceedings, issue directions (in this section referred to as "practice directions") in relation to the conduct of proceedings before the Circuit Court.
(18) A practice direction may relate to—
(a) civil or criminal proceedings, or both, or
(b) a class or classes of civil or criminal proceedings, or both,
and may make provision for such incidental, supplementary and consequential matters, including in respect of a failure to comply with any matter provided for in a direction, as appear to the President of the Circuit Court to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the direction.
(19) A practice direction shall be published in such manner as the President of the Circuit Court may direct.
(20) Subsections (16) to (19) are without prejudice to any powers of the Circuit Court in respect of proceedings before it.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F43
Substituted (1.03.1972) by Courts Act 1971 (36/1971), s. 2(3), in operation as per s. 25(4).
F44
Substituted (15.12.1971) by Courts Act 1971 (36/1971), s. 21, commenced on enactment.
F45
Inserted (31.07.2023) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), s. 112, S.I. No. 389 of 2023, art. 3(p).
Modifications (not altering text):
C20
Prospective affecting provision: application of subs. (8)(b) restricted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 68, not commenced as of date of revision.
Transfer of proceedings from Family District Court to Family Circuit Court
68. Notwithstanding section 22(8)(b) of the Act of 1961 and subject to section 69, on and after the coming into operation of this section, the judge of the Family District Court before whom family law proceedings are pending, or to whom proceedings are transferred under Part 10, where he or she considers that there are special circumstances in the proceedings that would make it appropriate for such proceedings to be heard by the Family Circuit Court, may of his or her own motion send forward the proceedings to the Family Circuit Court upon such terms and subject to such conditions as to costs (including the imposition of costs on the party that initiated the proceedings) or otherwise as may appear to him or her to be just and an appeal shall lie under section 84 of the Act of 1924, as applied by section 48 of the Act of 1961, from the decision of the judge to so send forward.
C21
Application of section extended (15.05.1974) by Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 (8/1974), s. 7(4), commenced on enactment.
Trial of petition.
7.— (1) A petition shall be tried by a Judge of the Circuit Court assigned for the time being to the circuit in which is situate the principal office of the local authority to which the petition relates and references in this Act to the court shall, save where the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to the Circuit Court.
...
(4) A petition shall, for the purposes of section 22 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, be an action within the meaning of Part III of that Act.
Editorial Notes:
E298
Power pursuant to subs. (4)(b) exercised (23.06.1992) by Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act, 1851 (Adaptation) (No. 2) Order 1992 (S.I. No. 174 of 1992).
Section 22A
F46[Jurisdiction of Family Circuit Court and exercise of jurisdiction by judges of Family Circuit Court
22A.— ...]
Annotations
Amendments:
F46
Inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 20, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C22
Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 20, not commenced as of date of revision.
F46[22A.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), jurisdiction vested in the Family Circuit Court is exercisable by a judge of the Family Circuit Court for the time being assigned to the Family Circuit Court circuit in which—
(a) a party to the proceedings ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, business or occupation,
(b) a child whose welfare is the subject of the proceedings resides, has resided or is proposed to reside, or
(c) a previous application in the same proceedings has been granted.
(2) In proceedings brought in accordance with subsection (1), the judge to whom the originating application in the proceedings was made may, on the application of a party to the proceedings or of his or her own motion, where the judge decides that it would be in the best interests of a child whose welfare is the subject of the proceedings, or otherwise appropriate to do so in a specific case, direct that jurisdiction may be exercised by a judge of another Family Circuit Court circuit with which the child, or another party to the proceedings, has a connection.
(3) A judge of the Family Circuit Court may—
(a) outside his or her Family Circuit Court circuit, make an order in family law proceedings, or give a direction in relation to the conduct of such proceedings, which he or she has power to make or give within that Family Circuit Court circuit, and
(b) within his or her Family Circuit Court circuit, make an order in family law proceedings, or give a direction in relation to the conduct of such proceedings, which he or she would not, by virtue of subsection (1), have the power to make or give,
where he or she is of the opinion that the order should be made, or the direction be given, as a matter of urgency.
(4) A judge of the Family Circuit Court may, of his or her own motion or on the application of a party to the proceedings, refer any question of law arising in proceedings before him or her to the Family High Court for determination and the determination of the Family High Court shall be final and conclusive.
(5) A judge of the Family Circuit Court may hear appeals of decisions of the Family District Court.
(6) Decisions of the Family Circuit Court (other than decisions of that Court in respect of appeals from the Family District Court) may be appealed to the Family High Court.]
Section 22B
F47[Functions of Principal Judge of Family Circuit Court
22B.— ...]
Annotations
Amendments:
F47
Inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 21, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C23
Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 21, not commenced as of date of revision.
F47[22B.—(1) It shall be a function of the Principal Judge of the Family Circuit Court to arrange the distribution and allocation of the business of the Family Circuit Court.
(2) In performing a function under subsection (1), the Principal Judge of the Family Circuit Court shall—
(a) engage with the Courts Service, in such manner as may be agreed between the Principal Judge and the Courts Service, on relevant matters related to the functions of the Court Service under section 5 of the Courts Service Act 1998 in relation to that Court, and
(b) have regard to the information provided, and the views expressed, by the Courts Service on such matters in the course of the engagement under paragraph (a).
(3) The Principal Judge of the Family Circuit Court shall, without prejudice to his or her functions under any enactment or rule of law, take such steps as he or she considers appropriate for the purposes of ensuring—
(a) the implementation of the guiding principles in section 8 of the Act of 2024, and
(b) the efficiency of court business including, to the extent possible, that there is appropriate consistency in the exercise of jurisdiction by the judges of that Court.
(4) The Principal Judge of the Family Circuit Court may, where he or she sees fit, make recommendations to the President of the Circuit Court in relation to the number of judges to be assigned to a Family Circuit Court circuit.
(5) The Principal Judge of the Family Circuit Court may—
(a) following engagement with the Courts Service, and
(b) having regard to the information provided, and the views expressed, by the Courts Service in the course of the engagement under paragraph (a) on relevant matters related to its functions under section 5 of the Courts Service Act 1998,
make recommendations to the President of the Circuit Court in relation to the places for holding sittings of the Family Circuit Court in or for any Family Circuit Court circuit.
(6) The engagement by the Courts Service under subsections (2) and (5) shall not be exercised so as to interfere with the conduct of that part of the business of the Family Circuit Court required by law to be transacted by or before the Principal Judge of the Family Circuit Court or to impugn the independence of the Principal Judge of the Family Circuit Court in the performance of his or her judicial functions.]
Section 23
Jurisdiction of Cork Circuit Court Judge in admiralty causes and in bankruptcy.
23.—F48[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F48
Repealed (17.04.1990) by Jurisdiction of Courts (Maritime Conventions) Act 1989 (5/1989), s. 14, S.I. No. 332 of 1989.
Editorial Notes:
E299
Previous affecting provision: subs. (3) repealed, subss. (4)-(6) amended (1.01.1989) by Bankruptcy Act 1988 (27/1988), s. 6 and sch. 2, S.I. No. 348 of 1988; section repealed (17.04.1990) as per F-note above.
E300
Previous affecting provision: application of section extended (1.03.1972) by Courts Act 1971 (35/1971), s. 3, in operation as per s. 25(4); section repealed (17.04.1990) as per F-note above.
Section 24
Jurisdiction of Circuit Court in applications for new on-licences.
24.—(1) In this section “on-licence” has the same meaning as in the Licensing Acts, 1833 to 1960.
(2) The Circuit Court shall have jurisdiction in all cases of applications for new on-licences.
(3) The jurisdiction conferred on the Circuit Court by this section shall be exercised by the judge of the circuit in which the premises in respect of which the new on-licence is sought are situate.
(4) Where the Circuit Court grants under this section a new on-licence, then, notwithstanding anything contained in any enactment, the licence shall not require to be confirmed at any subsequent sitting of the Circuit Court.
Section 25
Jurisdiction of Circuit Court in indictable offences.
25.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the Circuit Court shall have and may exercise every jurisdiction as respects indictable offences for the time being vested in the Central Criminal Court and every person lawfully brought before the Circuit Court in exercise of such jurisdiction may be indicted before and tried and, if convicted, sentenced by the Circuit Court accordingly.
(2) The jurisdiction conferred on the Circuit Court by subsection (1) of this section shall not extend to treason, an offence under section 2 or 3 of the Treason Act, 1939, an offence under section 6, 7 or 8 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939, murder, attempt to murder, conspiracy to murder, or piracy, including an offence by an accessory before or after the fact.
(3) The jurisdiction vested in the Circuit Court by subsection (1) of this section shall be exercised by the judge of the circuit in which the offence charged has been committed or in which the accused person has been arrested or resides.
(4) In section 6 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1926, as applied by section 48 of this Act, and in subsection (1) of section 14 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926, the references to section 53 of the Act of 1924 shall be construed as references to subsection (3) of this section F49[and section 25A of this Act].
Annotations
Amendments:
F49
Inserted (1.08.2006) by Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006), s. 179(a), S.I. No. 390 of 2006, art. 3.
Modifications (not altering text):
C24
Application of subs. (1) extended (1.07.2010) by Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (10/2010), s. 76(2), in operation as per s. 5(2) and S.I. No. 262 of 2010.
76.— ...
(2) Where a person is sent forward for trial on indictment by the Circuit Court for an offence under section 65, 69, 97, 127, 140, 176, 182 or 285A (inserted by section 24 of the Act of 1962) of the Principal Act or section 29 of the Act of 1962 or for any offence against a bye-law described in section 57(4) and apart from this subsection a judge of that court would, as regards the proceedings, not have power to exercise the jurisdiction vested in that court by section 25(1) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 then for the purpose of enabling that judge to exercise such jurisdiction the offence may be treated as having been committed in the circuit to which such judge is assigned.
C25
Application of subs. (3) extended by Criminal Procedure Act 1967 (12/1067), s. 4N as inserted (1.10.2001) by Criminal Justice Act 1999 (10/1999), s. 9, S.I. No. 193 of 2001.
Joinder of unrelated charges.
[4N.—Where the accused has been sent forward for trial in accordance with this Part, the indictment against the accused may, with the consent of the accused and notwithstanding any other enactment, include counts that—
(a) charge an offence justiciable within the State, other than the offence for which the accused was sent forward, and
(b) are not founded on the documents served on the accused under section 4B or 4C,
and section 25 (3) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961, shall be construed accordingly.]
Section 25A
F50[Exercise of jurisdiction by Circuit Court judges in indictable offences.
25A.—(1) Where, in respect of an offence committed in the State—
(a) the accused person does not reside in the State,
(b) he or she was not arrested for and charged with the offence in the State, and
(c) either—
(i) the offence was committed in more than one circuit, or
(ii) it is known that it was committed in one of not more than three circuits, but the particular circuit concerned is not known,
then, for the purposes of section 25(3) of this Act, the offence shall be deemed to have been committed in each of the circuits concerned and a judge of any of the circuits concerned may deal with the case.
(2) Where the circumstances of an offence committed in the State fall within paragraphs (a) and (b), but not (c), of subsection (1) of this section and the circuit in which the offence was committed is not known, then, for the purposes of section 25(3) of this Act, the offence shall be deemed to have been committed in the Dublin Circuit.
(3) A case does not fall within this section unless it is shown that reasonable efforts have been made to ascertain the whereabouts of the accused person for the purposes of arresting him or her for and charging him or her with the offence concerned.
(4) Where a judge of a circuit exercises jurisdiction in relation to an indictable offence by virtue of this section, the judge or any other judge assigned to the circuit shall have jurisdiction in relation to the offence until the conclusion of proceedings in respect of it in the Circuit Court notwithstanding that it is later established that, but for this subsection, he or she would not have had jurisdiction in relation to the offence.
(5) In this section "offence" means an indictable offence as respects which jurisdiction is vested in the Circuit Court by section 25 of this Act.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F50
Inserted (1.08.2006) by Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006), s. 179(b), S.I. No. 390 of 2006, art. 3.
Section 26
Transfer of trials in criminal cases by judge of the Circuit Court.
26.—(1) A judge of the Circuit Court may, if he thinks fit, transfer the trial of a criminal issue from the place in his circuit where it is required by law to be held to any other place in that circuit, and, in that event, the trial shall be held at the place to which it is transferred with a jury drawn from the jury district or other area prescribed for trials by the Circuit Court sitting in the latter place.
(2) An order of a judge of the Circuit Court under subsection (1) of this section—
(a) may be made only on the application of the Attorney General or an accused person,
(b) may provide for matters ancillary or incidental to the transfer, and
(c) shall be final and unappealable.
Section 26A
F51[Functions, powers and jurisdiction of specialist judges of the Circuit Court.
26A.—(1) Notwithstanding any other enactment conferring functions, powers and jurisdiction on a judge of the Circuit Court, a specialist judge of that court may only perform the functions and exercise the powers and jurisdiction that are conferred upon him or her by this section.
(2) The functions, powers and jurisdiction conferred on the Circuit Court by the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 may, subject to this section, be performed and exercised by a specialist judge.
F52[(2A) The functions, power and jurisdiction conferred on the Circuit Court by the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 may, subject to this section, be performed and exercised by a specialist judge.]
(3) A specialist judge may make any order that may be made by a County Registrar under section 34(1) of, and the Second Schedule to, the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995, subject to the following modifications and any other necessary modifications—
(a) a reference in the Schedule to a County Registrar shall be construed as a reference to a specialist judge,
(b) section 34(2) of the Act shall not apply to such an order, and
(c) the deletion of paragraph 8 of the Schedule.
(4) In performing the functions and exercising the jurisdiction conferred upon him or her by this section, a specialist judge shall have all powers ancillary to those functions or that jurisdiction.
(5) A specialist judge may perform functions and exercise powers and jurisdiction in respect of proceedings to which F53[subsections (2), (2A) and (3)] apply that are before the Circuit Court only in a relevant circuit.
(6) A specialist judge may, in any place in the State outside a relevant circuit, hear and determine any application which he or she has power to hear and determine within that circuit and which, in his or her opinion, should be dealt with as a matter of urgency.
(7) A specialist judge may adjourn proceedings or any part of proceedings before him or her to any other judge of the Circuit Court within a relevant circuit.
(8) A specialist judge may make out of court any orders which he or she may deem to be urgent.
(9) In this section—
“enactment” means—
(a) an Act of the Oireachtas,
(b) a statute that was in force in Saorstát Éireann immediately before the date of the coming into operation of the Constitution and that continues in force by virtue of Article 50 of the Constitution, or
(c) an instrument made under—
(i) an Act of the Oireachtas, or
(ii) a statute referred to in paragraph (b);
“relevant circuit” means, in relation to a specialist judge, a circuit to which he or she is assigned under section 10(3) of the Courts of Justice Act 1947 or section 2A (inserted by section 193 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012) of the Courts Act 1977.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F51
Inserted (18.01.2013) by Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (44/2012), s. 189, S.I. No. 14 of 2013, art. 2(e).
F52
Inserted (26.04.2023) by Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (64/2015), s. 142(a), S.I. No. 193 of 2023, art. 4(k).
F53
Substituted (26.04.2023) by Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (64/2015), s. 142(b), S.I. No. 193 of 2023, art. 4(k).
Section 27
Jurisdiction to be exercised pursuant to rules of court (Circuit Court, Cork Local Admiralty Court and Cork Local Bankruptcy Court).
27.—(1) The jurisdiction which is by virtue of this Act vested in or exercisable by the Circuit Court, F54[…] and the Cork Local Bankruptcy Court respectively shall be exercised so far as regards pleading, practice and procedure generally, including liability to costs, in the manner provided by rules of court, and where, as regards the jurisdiction of F54[…] the Cork Local Bankruptcy Court, there is no provision in such rules and so long as there is no rule in reference thereto, it shall be exercised as nearly as possible in the same manner as it might have been exercised by the former Recorder of Cork.
(2) The rule-making authority for the Circuit Court shall also be the rule-making authority for the F54[…] the Cork Local Bankruptcy Court.—
Annotations
Amendments:
F54
Repealed (17.04.1990) by Jurisdiction of Courts (Maritime Conventions) Act 1989 (5/1989), s. 14, S.I. No. 332 of 1989.
Editorial Notes:
E301
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.05.2026) by Circuit Court Rules (Appearances) 2026 (S.I. No. 156 of 2026), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E302
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.04.2026) by Circuit Court Rules (Donor-Assisted Human Reproduction) 2026 (S.I. No. 103 of 2026), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E303
Power pursuant to section exercised (24.10.2025) by Circuit Court Rules (Combined Court Offices) 2025 (S.I. No. 461 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E304
Power pursuant to section exercised (24.10.2025) by Circuit Court Rules (EU Service Regulation) 2025 (S.I. No. 460 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E305
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.06.2025) by Circuit Court Rules (Evidence Regulation) 2025 (S.I. No. 216 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E306
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.06.2025) by Circuit Court Rules (Interrogatories) 2025 (S.I. No. 200 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E307
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.05.2024) by Circuit Court Rules (Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022) 2024 (S.I. No. 230 of 2024), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E308
Power pursuant to section exercised (29.03.2024) by Circuit Court Rules (Order 36) 2024 (S.I. No. 107 of 2024), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E309
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.11.2023) by Circuit Court Rules (Affidavits) 2023 (S.I. No. 526 of 2023), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E310
Power pursuant to section exercised (27.04.2023) by Circuit Court Rules (Assisted decision-making (Capacity) Act 2015) 2023 (S.I. No. 201 of 2023), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E311
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.09.2022) by Circuit Court Rules (Criminal Procedure Act 2021) 2022 (S.I. No. 453 of 2022), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E312
Power pursuant to section exercised (12.10.2021) by Circuit Court Rules (Intellectual Property) 2021 (S.I. No. 499 of 2021), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E313
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.10.2020) by Circuit Court Rules (Family Law: Donor-Assisted Human Reproduction) 2020 (S.I. No. 400 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E314
Power pursuant to section exercised (30.09.2020) by Circuit Court Rules (Witness Summonses) 2020 (S.I. No. 396 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E315
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.08.2020) by Circuit Court Rules (Case Stated) 2020 (S.I. No. 292 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E316
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.08.2020) by Circuit Court Rules (Data Protection Actions) 2020 (S.I. No. 291 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E317
Power pursuant to section exercised (12.08.2019) by Circuit Court Rules (Family Law and Domestic Violence) 2020 (S.I. No. 282 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E318
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.2019) by Circuit Court Rules (Proof Of Foreign Public Documents And Translations) 2019 (S.I. No. 328 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E319
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.06.2019) by Circuit Court Rules (Data Protection Actions) 2019 (S.I. No. 222 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E320
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.06.2019) by Circuit Court Rules (Renewal Of Civil Bill) 2019 (S.I. No. 221 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E321
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.06.2019) by Circuit Court Rules (Personal Injuries: Section 8 Notices) 2019 (S.I. No. 215 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E322
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.04.2019) by Circuit Court Rules (Service) (No. 3) 2019 (S.I. No. 147 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E323
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.02.2019) by Circuit Court Rules (Miscellaneous) 2019 (S.I. No. 22 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E324
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.02.2019) by Circuit Court Rules (Order 4) 2019 (S.I. No. 19 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E325
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.12.2018) by Circuit Court Rules (Service) (No. 2) 2018 (S.I. No. 478 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E326
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.10.2018) by Circuit Court Rules (Proof of Foreign Public Documents and Translations) 2018 (S.I. No. 429 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E327
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.10.2018) by Circuit Court Rules (Family Law) 2018 (S.I. No. 427 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E328
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.10.2018) by Circuit Court Rules (Order 68) 2018 (S.I. No. 380 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E329
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.10.2018) by Circuit Court Rules (Fines (Payment and Recovery)) 2018 (S.I. No. 379 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E330
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.10.2018) by Circuit Court Rules (Service) 2018 (S.I. No. 378 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E331
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.03.2018) by Circuit Court Rules (Order 65) 2018 (S.I. No. 64 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E332
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.01.2018) by Circuit Court Rules (Family Law: Mediation) 2018 (S.I. No. 12 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E333
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.01.2018) by Circuit Court Rules (Mediation) 2018 (S.I. No. 11 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E334
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.12.2017) by Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction) 2017 (S.I. No. 499 of 2017), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E335
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.06.2017) by Circuit Court Rules (Family Law) 2017 (S.I. No. 207 of 2017), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E336
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.05.2017) by Circuit Court Rules (European Account Preservation Order) 2017 (S.I. No. 202 of 2017), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E337
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.05.2017) by Circuit Court Rules (Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003) 2017 (S.I. No. 201 of 2017), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E338
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.10.2016) by Circuit Court Rules (Judges' Robes) 2016 (S.I. No. 433 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E339
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.2016) by Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters) 2016 (S.I. No. 432 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E340
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.05.2016) by Circuit Court Rules (Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Act 2015) 2016 (S.I. No. 172 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E341
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.05.2016) by Circuit Court Rules (Actions for Possession, Sale and Well-Charging Relief) 2016 (S.I. No. 171 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E342
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.02.2016) by Circuit Court Rules (Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974) 2016 (S.I. No. 85 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E343
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.02.2016) by Circuit Court Rules (Gender Recognition Act) 2016 (S.I. No. 84 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E344
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.01.2016) by Circuit Court Rules (Children And Family Relationships Act 2015) 2016 (S.I. No. 18 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E345
Power pursuant to section exercised (30.12.2015) by Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters) 2015 (S.I. No. 618 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E346
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.11.2015) by Circuit Court Rules (Personal Insolvency) 2015 (S.I. No. 506 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E347
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.11.2015) by Circuit Court Rules (Companies Act 2014) 2015 (S.I. No. 471 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E348
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.08.2015) by Circuit Court Rules (Actions for Possession and Well-Charging Relief) 2015 (S.I. No. 346 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E349
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.05.2015) by Circuit Court Rules (Sex Offenders Act 2001) 2015 (S.I. No. 142 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E350
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.12.2014) by Circuit Court Rules (Lugano Convention and Maintenance Regulation) 2014 (S.I. No. 597 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E351
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.10.2014) by Circuit Court Rules (Provision of Transcripts of Sentencing Hearings) 2014 (S.I. No. 410 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E352
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.10.2014) by Circuit Court Rules (Family Law Reporting) 2014 (S.I. No. 408 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E353
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.07.2014) by Circuit Court Rules (Examinership) 2014 (S.I. No. 284 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E354
Power pursuant to section exercised (7.07.2014) by Circuit Court Rules (Registered Post) 2014 (S.I. No. 276 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E355
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.08.2013) by Circuit Court Rules (Personal Insolvency) 2013 (S.I. No. 317 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E356
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.08.2013) by Circuit Court Rules (Taking of Evidence for EU Courts) 2013 (S.I. No. 302 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E357
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.04.2013) by Circuit Court Rules (Recording of Proceedings) 2013 (S.I. No. 100 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E358
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.12.2012) by Circuit Court Rules (Appeals to Court of Criminal Appeal) 2012 (S.I. No. 489 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E359
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.10.2012) by Circuit Court Rules (Actions for Possession and Well-Charging Relief) 2012 (S.I. No. 358 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E360
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.08.2012) by Circuit Court Rules (Employment Equality) 2012 (S.I. No. 284 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E361
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.06.2012) by Circuit Court Rules (Enforcement of Certain Decisions of Rights Commissioners and Determinations of the Labour Court or Employment Appeals Tribunal) 2012 (S.I. No. 151 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E362
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.10.2011) by Circuit Court Rules (Judges' Robes) 2011 (S.I. No. 523 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E363
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.08.2011) by Circuit Court Rules (Civil Partnership and Cohabitation) 2011 (S.I. No. 385 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E364
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.04.2011) by Circuit Court Rules (Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011) 2011 (S.I. No. 153 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E365
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.03.2011) by Circuit Court Rules (Discovery) 2011 (S.I. No. 122 of 2011).
E366
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.04.2011) by Circuit Court Rules (Hague Convention 1996) 2011 (S.I. No. 121 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E367
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.10.2010) by Circuit Court Rules (Pensions Ombudsman) 2010 (S.I. No. 446 of 2010), in operation as per rule 1.
E368
Power pursuant to section exercised (12.09.2010) by Circuit Court Rules (Miscellaneous) 2010 (S.I. No. 445 of 2010).
E369
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.10.2010) by Circuit Court Rules (Costs) 2010 (S.I. No. 444 of 2010), in operation as per rule 1.
E370
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.05.2010) by Circuit Court Rules (Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009) 2010 (S.I. No. 155 of 2010), in operation as per rule 1.
E371
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.03.2010) by Circuit Court Rules (Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008) 2010 (S.I. No. 82 of 2010), in operation as per rule 1.
E372
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.01.2010) by Circuit Court Rules (Combined Court offices) 2009 (S.I. No. 583 of 2010), in operation as per rule 1.
E373
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.2010) by Circuit Court Rules (Case Progression (General)) 2009 (S.I. No. 539 of 2009), in operation as per rule 1(a).
E374
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.2010) by Circuit Court Rules (Defamation) 2009 (S.I. No. 486 of 2009), in operation as per rule 1.
E375
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.12.2009) by Circuit Court Rules (Statutory Applications and Appeals) 2009 (S.I. No. 470 of 2009), in operation as per rule 1.
E376
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.10.2009) by Circuit Court Rules (Service In Member States of Judicial and Extra-judicial Documents In Civil Or Commercial Matters) 2009 (S.I. No. 375 of 2009), in operation as per rule 1.
E377
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.07.2009) by Circuit Court Rules (Actions For Possession and Well-charging Relief) 2009 (S.I. No. 264 of 2009), in operation as per rule 1.
E378
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.07.2009) by Circuit Court Rules (Miscellaneous) 2009 (S.I. No. 251 of 2009), in operation as per rule 1.
E379
Power pursuant to section exercised (24.07.2009) by Circuit Court Rules (Sittings) 2009 (S.I. No. 235 of 2009), in operation as per rule 1.
E380
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.04.2009) by Circuit Court Rules (Service) 2009 (S.I. No. 132 of 2009), in operation as per rule 1.
E381
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.04.2009) by Circuit Court Rules (Trial) (No. 2) 2009 (S.I. No. 94 of 2009), in operation as per rule 1.
E382
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.01.2009) by Circuit Court Rules (Consumer Protection Act 2007) 2008 (S.I. No. 585 of 2008), in operation as per rule 1.
E383
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.2008) by Circuit Court Rules (Case Progression in Family Law Proceedings) 2008 (S.I. No. 358 of 2008), in operation as per rule 1.
E384
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.2008) by Circuit Court Rules (Recording of Proceedings) 2008 (S.I. No. 354 of 2008), in operation as per rule 1.
E385
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.2008) by Circuit Court Rules (Costs) 2008 (S.I. No. 353 of 2008), in operation as per rule 1.
E386
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.07.2008) by Circuit Court Rules (County Registrar) 2008 (S.I. No. 191 of 2008), in operation as per rule 1.
E387
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.07.2008) by Circuit Court Rules (Trial) 2008 (S.I. No. 189 of 2008), in operation as per rule 1.
E388
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.07.2008) by Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction, Recognition, Enforcement and Service of Proceedings) 2008 (S.I. No. 188 of 2008), in operation as per rule 1.
E389
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.09.2007) by Circuit Court Rules (Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006) 2007 (S.I. No. 596 of 2007), in operation as per rule 1.
E390
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.09.2007) by Circuit Court Rules (Pensions Ombudsman) 2007 (S.I. No. 588 of 2007), in operation as per rule 1.
E391
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.08.2007) by Circuit Court Rules (Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006) 2007 (S.I. No. 446 of 2007), in operation as per rule 1.
E392
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.07.2007) by Circuit Court Rules (General) 2007 (S.I. No. 312 of 2007), in operation as per rule 1.
E393
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.05.2007) by Circuit Court Rules (Criminal Justice Act 2006) 2007 (S.I. No. 169 of 2007), in operation as per rule 1.
E394
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.02.2007) by Circuit Court Rules (Industrial Relations Acts) 2007 (S.I. No. 12 of 2007), in operation as per rule 1.
E395
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.02.2007) by Circuit Court Rules (Mental Health) 2007 (S.I. No. 11 of 2007), in operation as per rule 1.
E396
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.02.2007) by Circuit Court Rules (Social Welfare Appeals) 2007 (S.I. No. 10 of 2007), in operation as per rule 1.
E397
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.11.2006) by Circuit Court Rules (Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work)) 2006 (S.I. No. 532 of 2006), in operation as per rule 1.
E398
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.11.2006) by Circuit Court Rules (National Minimum Wage Act) 2006 (S.I. No. 531 of 2006), in operation as per rule 1.
E399
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.08.2006) by Circuit Court Rules (Residential Tenancies) 2006 (S.I. No. 410 of 2006), in operation as per rule 1.
E400
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.08.2006) by Circuit Court Rules (Court Seal) 2006 (S.I. No. 409 of 2006), in operation as per rule 1.
E401
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.07.2006) by Circuit Court Rules (Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004) 2006 (S.I. No. 349 of 2006).
E402
Power pursuant to section exercised (30.06.2006) by Circuit Court Rules (Taxi Regulation) 2006 (S.I. No. 350 of 2006), in operation as per rule 1.
E403
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.06.2006) by Circuit Court Rules (Employment Equality Acts 1998 and 2004) 2006 (S.I. No. 275 of 2006), in operation as per rule 1.
E404
Power pursuant to section exercised (5.06.2006) by Circuit Court Rules (Mode of Address of Judges) 2006 (S.I. No. 274 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E405
Power pursuant to section exercised (27.04.2006) by Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction in Matrimonial Matters and Matters of Parental Responsibility) 2006 (S.I. No. 143 of 2006), in operation as per rule 1.
E406
Power pursuant to section exercised (7.02.2006) by Circuit Court Rules (European Enforcement Orders) 2006 (S.I. No. 1 of 2006), in operation as per rule 1.
E407
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.09.2005) by Circuit Court Rules (Section 40 Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004) 2005 (S.I. No. 527 of 2005), in operation as per rule 1.
E408
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.09.2005) by Circuit Court Rules (Personal Injuries) 2005 (S.I. No. 526 of 2005), in operation as per rule 1.
E409
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.09.2005) by Circuit Court Rules (Funds in Court) 2005 (S.I. No. 525 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E410
Power pursuant to section exercised (4.08.2005) by Circuit Court Rules (Residential Tenancies Act 2004) 2005 (S.I. No. 388 of 2005), in operation as per rule 1.
E411
Power pursuant to section exercised (4.08.2005) by Circuit Court Rules (Carer's Leave Act 2001) 2005 (S.I. No. 387 of 2005), in operation as per rule 1.
E412
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.03.2005) by Circuit Court Rules (European Arrest Warrant Act 2003) 2005 (S.I. No. 57 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E413
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.12.2004) by Circuit Court Rules (Service in Member States of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil Or Commercial Matters) 2004 (S.I. No. 883 of 2004), in operation as per rule 1.
E414
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.12.2004) by Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction and The Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil Or Commercial Matters) 2004 (S.I. No. 882 of 2004), in operation as per rule 1.
E415
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.12.2004) by Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction and The Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial Matters) 2004 (S.I. No. 881 of 2004), in operation as per rule 1.
E416
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.12.2004) by Circuit Court Rules (Employment Equality Act 1998) 2004 (S.I. No. 880 of 2004), in operation as per rule 1.
E417
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.12.2004) by Circuit Court Rules (Equal Status Act, 2000) 2004 (S.I. No. 879 of 2004), in operation as per rule 1.
E418
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.12.2004) by Circuit Court Rules (Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001) 2004 (S.I. No. 721 of 2004), in operation as per rule 1.
E419
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.09.2004) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) (Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003) 2004 (S.I. No. 542 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E420
Power pursuant to section exercised (27.07.2004) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) (Section 39 Criminal Justice Act 1994) 2004 (S.I. No. 448 of 2004), in operation as per rule 1.
E421
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.12.2003) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 4) (Restoration of Companies To The Register Pursuant To Section 12 of the Companies Act 1982 As Inserted by Section 46 of the Companies (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1999) 2003 (S.I. No. 615 of 2003), in operation as per rule 1.
E422
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E423
Power pursuant to section exercised (4.12.1989) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1989 (S.I. No. 310 of 1989), in operation as per rule 1.
E424
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (26.09.2001) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) (Sex Offenders Act) 2001 (S.I. No. 433 of 2001); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E425
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (28.07.2000) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) (Parental Leave Act, 1998) 2000 (S.I. No. 208 of 2000), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E426
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (28.04.2000) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) (Domestic Violence Act, 1996) 2000 (S.I. No. 104 of 2000), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E427
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (25.11.1999) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) (Data Protection Act 1988) 1999 (S.I. No. 374 of 1999); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E428
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (6.12.1999) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) (Organisation of Working Time Act 1997) 1999 (S.I. No. 373 of 1999), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E429
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (22.12.1997) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 3) 1997 (S.I. No. 500 of 1997), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E430
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (24.03.1997) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) of 1997 (Adoptive Leave Act 1995) (S.I. No. 118 of 1997), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E431
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (27.02.1997) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) of 1997 (Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989 and Family Law Act 1995 and Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996) (S.I. No. 84 of 1997), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E432
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.1995) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1995 (S.I. No. 216 of 1995), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E433
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.1995) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1995 (S.I. No. 215 of 1995), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E434
Previous affecting privision: power pursuant to section exercised (30.09.1994) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1994 (Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977-1993 and Payment of Wages Act 1991) (S.I. No. 279 of 1994), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E435
Previous affecting privision: power pursuant to section exercised (22.08.1994) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) of 1994 (S.I. No. 225 of 1994), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (27.02.1997) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) of 1997 (Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act, 1989 and Family Law Act, 1995 and Family Law (Divorce) Act, 1996) (S.I. No. 84 of 1997), in operaton as per rule 1, in substituted Order 78; also revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E436
Previous affecting privision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.1991) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) of 1991 (S.I. No. 159 of 1991), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (22.08.1994) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) of 1994 (S.I. No. 225 of 1994), Order 78(1), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E437
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (9.07.1990) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1990 (S.I. No. 155 of 1990), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E438
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (15.11.1989) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1989 (S.I. No. 289 of 1989), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (27.02.1997) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) of 1997 (Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act, 1989 and Family Law Act, 1995 and Family Law (Divorce) Act, 1996) (S.I. No. 84 of 1997), Order 78(1), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E439
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (21.05.1984) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1984 (S.I. No. 118 of 1984), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E440
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (12.09.1983) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1983 (S.I. No. 267 of 1983), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E441
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (9.08.1982) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 7) 1982 Family Home Protection Act 1976 (S.I. No. 244 of 1982), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E442
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.07.1982) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 4) 1982 (Local Government (Planning & Development) Act 1976) (S.I. No. 190 of 1982), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E443
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (28.05.1982) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 6) 1982 (S.I. No. 158 of 1982), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E444
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (27.05.1982) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 5) 1982 (S.I. No. 156 of 1982), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E445
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (27.05.1982) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 3) 1982 (Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act 1981 (S.I. No. 152 of 1982); revoked (28.04.2000) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) (Domestic Violence Act, 1996) 2000 (S.I. No. 104 of 2000), order 66(1), in operation as per rule 1.
E446
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (21.05.1982) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1982 (Malicious Injuries Act 1981) (S.I. No. 142 of 1982), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E447
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (15.03.1983) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1982 Fisheries Acts 1959 To 1978 (S.I. No. 34 of 1982), in operation as per preamble; revoked in part (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules; rendered obsolete by revocation of Circuit Court Rules 1950 (S.I. No. 179 of 1950) (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E448
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (24.09.1981) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 3) 1981 (Transfer of Trial To The Dublin Circuit Court) (S.I. No. 329 of 1981), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E449
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (30.09.1981) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 4) 1981 (Publication of Sittings of the Dublin Circuit Court) (S.I. No. 318 of 1981), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E450
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (12.09.1981) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1981 (Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977) (S.I. No. 316 of 1981), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (30.09.1994) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1994 (Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977-1993 and Payment of Wages Act 1991) (S.I. No. 279 of 1994), rule 3, in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E451
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (12.01.1981) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1981 (Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979) (S.I. No. 20 of 1981), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E452
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (12.05.1980) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1980 (S.I. No. 129 of 1980), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E453
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (12.11.1979) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 3) 1979 (S.I. No. 360 of 1979), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E454
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (6.03.1979) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1979 (S.I. No. 66 of 1979), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E455
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.02.1979) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1979 (Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977) (S.I. No. 10 of 1979); revoked (12.09.1981) by S.I. No. 316 of 1981.
E456
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.02.1979) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1979 (S.I. No. 10 of 1979), in operation as per rule 1; revoked (12.09.1981) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2), 1981 (Unfair Dismissals Act 1977) (S.I. No. 316 of 1981), rule 3, in operation as per rule 1; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E457
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.12.1978) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 5) 1978 (S.I. No. 314 of 1978); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E458
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.1978) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 4) 1978 (S.I. No. 205 of 1978); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E459
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (4.07.1978) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 3) 1978 (S.I. No. 190 of 1978); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E460
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (12.05.1978) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1978 (S.I. No. 138 of 1978); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E461
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (15.03.1978) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1978 (S.I. No. 77 of 1978); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E462
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (23.06.1977) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1977 (S.I. No. 186 of 1977); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E463
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (25.11.1976) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1976 (S.I. No. 266 of 1976); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E464
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1973) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 3) 1972 (S.I. No. 322 of 1972); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E465
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.1972) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1972 (S.I. No. 189 of 1972); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E466
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (15.02.1971) by Circuit Court Rules 1971 (S.I. No. 41 of 1971); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E467
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1971) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1970 (S.I. No. 308 of 1970); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E468
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (5.10.1970) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1970 (S.I. No. 149 of 1970); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E469
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (13.06.1966) by Circuit Court Rules 1966 (S.I. No. 128 of 1966); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E470
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.1965) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1965 (S.I. No. 202 of 1965); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E471
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (6.07.1964) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1964 (S.I. No. 167 of 1964); revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
PART IV
District Court
General Provisions
Section 28
Number of justices of District Court.
28.—F55[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F55
Repealed (10.05.1977) by Courts Act 1977 (11/1977), s. 4, commenced on enactment.
Section 29
Qualifications of justices of District Court and interpretation of section 2 of the Act of 1949, as applied by section 48 of this Act.
29.—(1) (a) Each of the persons who are justices of the existing District Court immediately before the operative date shall be qualified for appointment as a justice of the District Court and, if and so long as there is one or more than one of those persons who is willing to accept office and has not been appointed, no other person shall be qualified for appointment as a justice of the District Court.
(b) Paragraph (a) of this subsection applies only in relation to the qualification for appointment of the first justices of the District Court.
(c) Subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall have effect subject to the preceding paragraphs of this subsection.
(2) A person who is for the time being a practising barrister or solicitor of not less than ten years' standing shall be qualified for appointment as a justice of the District Court.
(3) A barrister or solicitor who actually practised his profession for not less than ten years shall be qualified for appointment as a justice of the District Court if for the time being he holds an office in respect of which it was (at the time of his appointment thereto) required by statute that every person appointed thereto should be or should have been—
(a) a practising solicitor, or
(b) a practising barrister or solicitor.
(4) Where a person (being, immediately before the operative date, a justice of the existing District Court by virtue of a warrant made under section 2 of the Act of 1949) is appointed a justice of the District Court, he shall, for the purposes of the Act of 1949, as applied by section 48 of this Act, be deemed to have been continued in office under the Act of 1949, as so applied, for a year commencing on the date on which he attained—
(a) if the warrant is the first in respect of him, sixty-five years or
(b) if the warrant is the second in respect of him, sixty-six years, or
(c) if the warrant is the third in respect of him, sixty-seven years, or
(d) if the warrant is the fourth in respect of him, sixty-eight years, or
(e) if the warrant is the fifth in respect of him, sixty-nine years.
F56[(5) Section 45A provides an additional basis for qualification for appointment as a judge of the District Court.
(6) In this section, "practising barrister" has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2015.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F56
Inserted (1.01.2025) by Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023 (33/2023), s. 63(d), S.I. No. 553 of 2024.
Modifications (not altering text):
C26
Application of section extended (16.04.1975) by Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975), s. 14(2)(f), commenced on enactment, as amended.
Consequential
14. ...
(2) [Subject to subsection (2A) of this section, when a person who is a barrister or a solicitor is appointed] to be either—
(a) a Commissioner in a whole-time capacity, or
(b) a whole-time officer of the Commission,
then, for the purpose of qualification for appointment—
...
(f) under section 29 (2) of the Act of 1961, as a justice of the District Court,
(g) under section 51 (as amended by section 48 (8) of the Act of 1961) of the Act of 1936, to act temporarily as a justice of the District Court,
...
service by him as such a Commissioner or as such an officer of the Commission, as may be appropriate, [shall be deemed to be practice as a barrister or a solicitor, as may be appropriate].
(3) [...]
...
Section 30
Age of retirement of justice of District Court.
30.—(1) The age of retirement of a justice of the District Court shall be F57[seventy] years.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the age of retirement of a justice of the District Court who, immediately before the 29th day of July, 1946, was a justice of the existing District Court and as such justice was permanently assigned to the Dublin Metropolitan District shall be seventy years.
(3) The references in section 2 of the Act of 1949, as applied by section 48 of this Act, to section 15 (repealed by this Act) of the Act of 1946 shall be construed as references to subsection (1) of this section.
Annotations
Amendments:
F57
Substituted (20.09.2019) by Courts Act 2019 (30/2019), s. 4(1), S.I. No. 462 of 2019, in operation as per art. 2.
Section 31
Pensions of justices of District Court.
31.—(1) The provisions set out in Part III of the Second Schedule to this Act shall apply to the pensions of justices of the District Court.
(2) Where a justice of the District Court is removed from office on account of incapacity, he shall be deemed for the purpose of pension to have vacated his office owing to permanent infirmity.
Section 32
District court areas and districts and assignment of justices to districts.
32.—(1) The areas created under section 21 (repealed by this Act) of the Act of 1953 shall be the district court areas for the purposes of the District Court.
(2) The districts created under section 22 (repealed by this Act) of the Act of 1953 and the Dublin Metropolitan District shall be the district court districts for the purposes of the District Court.
(3) The provisions (which relate to the assignment of justices of the District Court to districts) set out in the Sixth Schedule to this Act shall have effect.
Annotations
Amendments:
F58
Inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 44, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C27
Prospective affecting provision: subs. (2A) inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 44, not commenced as of date of revision.
F58[(2A) The Family District Court districts created under section 26C (inserted by section 45 of the Act of 2024) of the Act of 1953 shall be the districts for the purposes of the Family District Court.]
Section 32A
F59[Exercise of certain powers by judge of District Court outside district court district.
32A.—(1) This section applies to the following powers of a judge of the District Court:
(a) the power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person;
(b) the power to issue a warrant to a member of the Garda Síochána or, if appropriate, any other person authorising the entry to, and search of, any place or premises (including a dwelling) and, if appropriate, the search of any person found at such place or premises for all or any of the following purposes:
(i) the gathering of evidence of, or relating to, the commission or attempted commission of any criminal offence;
(ii) the gathering of evidence of, or relating to, the contravention in any other respect of any provision of an enactment;
(iii) ascertaining whether there is or has been compliance with any provision of an enactment;
(iv) the gathering of evidence of, or relating to, assets or proceeds deriving from criminal conduct (within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996) or to their identity or whereabouts;
(c) the power to make an order, upon the application of a member of the Garda Síochána or, if appropriate, any other person, directing another person to produce, make available for inspection or to give access to any particular document, material or thing, or documents, material or things of a particular description, for the purposes of investigating—
(i) any criminal offence,
(ii) whether there is or has been a contravention in any other respect of any provision of an enactment, or
(iii) whether a person has benefited from assets or proceeds deriving from criminal conduct (within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996) or is in receipt of or controls F60[such assets or proceeds;]
F61[(d) the power to issue, vary or renew an authorisation under section 5 or 6 of the F62[Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009;].]
F63[(e) any of the following powers under Part 3 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010:
(i) the power to order a person not to carry out any service or transaction;
(ii) the power to revoke an order referred to in subparagraph (i);
(iii) the power to make an order in relation to property if considered essential to do so for the purpose of enabling—
(I) the person who applies for the order to discharge the reasonable living and other necessary expenses incurred or to be incurred in respect of the person or the person’s dependants, or
(II) the person who applies for the order to carry on a business, trade, profession or other occupation to which any of the property relates.]
(2) A judge of the District Court may, in relation to a relevant district, exercise while in any place in the State outside that relevant district any of the powers to which this section applies for the time being conferred on him or her by law if, but only if, he or she would be entitled to exercise the power concerned at a sitting of the District Court in that relevant district.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section, a warrant may fall within that paragraph notwithstanding that the warrant or the power under which it is issued authorises all or any of the following:
(a) the entry, if necessary by the use of force, to a place or premises (including a dwelling);
(b) the doing of acts in addition to the acts specified in subsection (1)(b) of this section;
(c) the execution of the warrant by a person other than the member of the Garda Síochána or, if appropriate, any other person to whom it is issued;
(d) the accompaniment of the person executing the warrant by any other persons during the execution thereof.
(4) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section, an order may fall within that paragraph notwithstanding that the order or the power under which it is made authorises all or any of the following:
(a) a member of the Garda Síochána or any other person to enter a place for the purpose of inspecting or getting access to any document, material or thing or documents, material or things of a particular description;
(b) the execution of the order by a person other than the member of the Garda Síochána or, if appropriate, any other person who applies for it;
(c) the retention, or copying, for the purposes of proceedings (criminal or civil) by a member of the Garda Síochána or any other person of any document, material or thing, or documents, material or things of a particular description, produced, made available for inspection or to which access is given.
(5) In this section—
"enactment" means a statute or an instrument made under a power conferred by statute;
"district" means a district court district;
"relevant district", in relation to a judge of the District Court, means a district—
(a) to which he or she is permanently assigned under paragraph 2 of the Sixth Schedule to this Act,
(b) to which he or she is temporarily assigned under F64[subparagraph (1), (2) or (2A) of paragraph 3 of the said Schedule], or
(c) in relation to which he or she is acting in the circumstances specified in subparagraph (1), (2) or (3) of paragraph 4 of the said Schedule for another judge of the District Court who is permanently assigned to the district.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F59
Inserted (1.08.2006) by Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006), s. 180, S.I. No. 390 of 2006, art. 3.
F60
Substituted (12.07.2009) by Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (19/2009), s. 18(a), commenced on enactment.
F61
Inserted (12.07.2009) by Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (19/2009), s. 18(b), commenced on enactment.
F62
Substituted (15.07.2010) by Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 (6/2010), s. 115(a), S.I. No. 342 of 2010.
F63
(15.07.2010) by Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 (6/2010), s. 115(b), S.I. No. 342 of 2010.
F64
Substituted (1.08.2008) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (14/2008), s. 10, S.I. No. 274 of 2008, art. 3(2).
Modifications (not altering text):
C28
Application of section extended (20.11.2015) by Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (11/2014), s. 167, S.I. No. 508 of 2015, art. 2(i).
Exercise of certain power by judge of District Court outside district court district
167. Section 32A of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 shall apply, with any necessary modifications, to the exercise by a judge of the District Court of the power conferred by section 25 (10).
C29
Application of section extended (1.09.2008) by Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 (7/2008), s. 108, S.I. No. 338 of 2008.
Exercise of powers by judge of District Court outside district court district.
108.— Section 32A of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 applies, with any necessary modifications, in relation to the exercise by a judge of the District Court of a power conferred by section 74 (8), 75 (9) or 87 of this Act or under subsection (2) of section 63 (as substituted by section 105 (g) of this Act) of the Act of 1994.
Section 33
Jurisdiction of District Court.
33.—(1) There shall be vested in and transferred to the District Court—
(a) all jurisdiction which, by virtue of sections 77 and 78 of the Act of 1924, was, immediately before the operative date, vested in or capable of being exercised by the existing District Court,
(b) all jurisdiction which, by virtue of any enactment which is applied by section 48 of this Act, was, immediately before the operative date, vested in or capable of being exercised by the existing District Court.
(2) (a) In this subsection—
“the Act of 1890” means the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, as applied to Ireland by subsection (9) of section 12 of that Act and as amended by section 14 of the Act of 1935;
“the Act of 1935” means the Public Dance Halls Act, 1935.
(b) Section 51 (which relates to music and dancing licences) of the Act of 1890 shall have effect as if for the references therein to licensing justices there were substituted references to the District Court.
(c) The jurisdiction vested in the District Court by this subsection shall be exercised by the justice of the District Court for the time being assigned to the district where there is situate the house, room, garden or other place in respect of which the licence under section 51 of the Act of 1890 is sought.
(d) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 2 and section 9 of the Act of 1935 shall have effect as if the references therein to a public dancing licence included references to a licence under paragraph 2 of section 51 of the Act of 1890.
(3) The District Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine an action for wrongful detention (including jurisdiction to make an order for the return of the goods claimed) where the value of the goods claimed does not exceed F65[€15,000].
(4) (a) The District Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action commenced after the commencement of this Act which is founded on a credit-sale agreement (within the meaning of the F65[Consumer Credit Act 1995 or to which section 17(2) of that Act refers]) where the amount of the claim does not exceed F65[€15,000].
(b) Paragraph (a) of section 53 of the Act of 1936 shall not apply to an action—
(i) in which the defendant or one of the defendants ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, business or occupation in the State, and
(ii) to which paragraph (a) of this subsection relates.
Annotations
Amendments:
F65
Substituted (3.02.2014) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (32/2013), ss. 17(a)(i), (ii)(I), (II), S.I. No. 566 of 2013.
F66
Substituted by Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 (15/2002), s. 14 and sch. 2 part 2, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C30
Prospective affecting provision: subs. (3) amended by Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 (15/2002), s. 14 and sch. 2 part 2, not commenced as of date of revision.
(3) The District Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine an action for wrongful detention (including jurisdiction to make an order for the return of the goods claimed) where the value of the goods claimed does not exceed F66[€20,000].
Editorial Notes:
E472
Previous affecting provisions: subss. (3), (4)(a) amended (15.08.1991) by Courts Act 1991 (20/1991), ss. 6, 7, in operation as per s. 23(3); superseded (3.02.2014) as per F-note above.
E473
Previous affecting provisions: subss. (3), (4)(a) amended (12.05.1982) by Courts Act 1981 (11/1981), ss. 8(2), 10, in operation as per s. 33(3); superseded (15.08.1991) as per E-note above.
E474
Previous affecting provisions: subss. (3), (4)(a) amended (1.03.1972) by Courts Act 1971 (36/1971), ss. 8, 9(2), in operation as per s. 25(4); superseded (12.05.1982) as per E-note above.
Section 34
Jurisdiction to be exercised pursuant to rules of court (District Court).
34.—The jurisdiction which is by virtue of this Act vested in or exercisable by the District Court shall be exercised as regards pleading, practice and procedure generally, including liability to costs, in the manner provided by rules of court made under section 91 of the Act of 1924, as applied by section 48 of this Act.
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E475
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.06.2026) by District Court (Child Care) Rules 2026 (S.I. No. 281 of 2026), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E476
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.04.2026) by District Court (Donor-Assisted Human Reproduction) Rules 2026 (S.I. No. 104 of 2026), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E477
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.10.2025) by District Court (Order 51) Rules 2025 (S.I. No. 459 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E478
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.06.2025) by District Court (Digital) Rules 2025 (S.I. No. 218 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E479
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.06.2025) by Circuit Court Rules (Digital) 2025 (S.I. No. 217 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E480
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.06.2025) by District Court (Maintenance) Rules 2025 (S.I. No. 221 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E481
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.06.2025) by District Court (Guardianship) Rules 2025 (S.I. No. 220 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E482
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.06.2025) by District Court (Domestic Violence) Rules 2025 (S.I. No. 219 of 2025), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E483
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.09.2024) by District Court (Civil Restraining and Behaviour Orders) Rules 2024 (S.I. No. 364 of 2024), in operation as per rule 1(2).
E484
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.07.2024) by District Court (Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015) Rules 2024 (S.I. No. 326 of 2024), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E485
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.05.2024) by District Court (Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022) Rules 2024 (S.I. No. 231 of 2024), in operation as per rule 1(2).
E486
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.01.2024) by District Court (Data Protection) Rules 2024 (S.I. No. 13 of 2024), in operation as per rule 1(2).
E487
Power pursuant to section exercised (24.11.2023) by District Court (Service Of Book Of Evidence) Rules 2023 (S.I. No. 561 of 2023), in operation as per rule 1(2).
E488
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.09.2023) by District Court (Companies Act 2014: Search Warrants) Rules 2023 (S.I. No. 457 of 2023), in operation as per rule 1(2).
E489
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.08.2023) by District Court (Costs) Rules 2023 (S.I. No. 418 of 2023), in operation as per rule 1(2).
E490
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.06.2021) by District Court (Order 38) Rules 2021 (S.I. No. 262 of 2021), in operation as per rule 1(2).
E491
Power pursuant to section exercised (5.05.2021) by District Court (Maintenance) Rules 2021 (S.I. No. 202 of 2021), in operation as per rule 1(2).
E492
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.04.2021) by District Court (Affidavits) Rules 2021 (S.I. No. 147 of 2021), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E493
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.02.2021) by District Court (Gaming and Lotteries) Rules 2021 (S.I. No. 63 of 2021), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E494
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.11.2020) by District Court (Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 499 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E495
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.11.2020) by District Court (Service in licensing matters) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 498 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E496
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.11.2020) by District Court (Enforcement of Orders) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 497 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E497
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.11.2020) by District Court (Order 36) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 496 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E498
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.10.2020) by District Court (Donor-Assisted Human Reproduction) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 434 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E499
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.10.2020) by District Court (Residential Tenancies) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 431 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(2).
E500
Power pursuant to section exercised (12.08.2020) by District Court (Intellectual Property) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 284 of 2020), in operation as per rule 1(2).
E501
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.09.2019) by District Court (Extension Of Validity of Claim Notice) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 423 of 2019), in operation as per rule 2.
E502
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.09.2019) by District Court (Proof of Foreign Public Documents and Translations) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 421 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E503
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.2019) by District Court (Personal Injuries: Section 8 Notices) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 327 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E504
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.06.2019) by District Court (Order 24) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 226 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E505
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.06.2019) by District Court (Estreatment) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 225 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E506
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.04.2019) by District Court (Service) (No 2) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 145 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E507
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.03.2019) by District Court (Domestic Violence) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 79 of 2019), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E508
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.01.2019) by District Court (Intoxicating Liquor) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 566 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E509
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.01.2019) by District Court (Bail) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 565 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E510
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.12.2018) by District Court (Companies Act 2014 : Search Warrants) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 480 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E511
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.12.2018) by District Court (Service) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 471 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E512
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.09.2018) by District Court (European Small Claims Procedure) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 315 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E513
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.08.2018) by District Court (Road Traffic Act 2016) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 235 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E514
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.06.2018) by District Court (Extension of Time) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 167 of 2018), in operation as per rule 2.
E515
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.03.2018) by District Court (Residential Tenancies) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 69 of 2018), in operation as per rule 2.
E516
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.01.2018) by District Court (Mediation) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 9 of 2018), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E517
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.10.2017) by District Court (European Account Preservation Order) Rules 2017 (S.I. No. 405 of 2017), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E518
Power pursuant to section exercised (24.04.2017) by District Court (Order 40A) Rules 2017 (S.I. No. 102 of 2017), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E519
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.03.2017) by District Court (Judges' Robes) Rules 2017 (S.I. No. 77 of 2017), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E520
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.12.2016) by District Court (Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA System) Act 2014) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 567 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E521
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.11.2016) by District Court (Issue of civil proceedings) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 513 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E522
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.10.2016) by District Court (Housing) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 506 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E523
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.06.2016) by District Court (Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 252 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E524
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.05.2016) by District Court (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 149 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E525
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.03.2016) by District Court (Solicitors' costs) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 123 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E526
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.02.2016) by District Court (Form 34.47) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 82 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E527
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.01.2016) by District Court (Fines) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 19 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E528
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.01.2016) by District Court (Children and Family Relationships Act 2015) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 17 of 2016), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E529
Power pursuant to section exercised (30.12.2015) by District Court (Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters) Rules 2015 (S.I. No. 617 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E530
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.07.2015) by District Court (Companies Act 2014) Rules 2015 (S.I. No. 256 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E531
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.05.2015) by District Court (Child Care) Rules 2015 (S.I. No. 143 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E532
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.05.2015) by District Court (Family Law Reporting) Rules 2015 (S.I. No. 141 of 2015), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E533
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.12.2014) by District Court (Personal Injuries) Rules 2014 (S.I. No. 599 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E534
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.12.2014) by District Court (General) Rules 2014 (S.I. No. 598 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E535
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.12.2014) by District Court (Forms) Rules 2014 (S.I. No. 596 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E536
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.10.2014) by District Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2014 (S.I. No. 409 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E537
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.02.2014) by District Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2014 (S.I. No. 17 of 2014), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E538
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.08.2013) by District Court (Maintenance and Lugano Convention) Rules 2013 (S.I. No. 311 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E539
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.08.2013) by District Court (Enforcement of Maintenance Orders) Rules 2013 (S.I. No. 306 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E540
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.04.2013) by District Court (Recording of Proceedings) Rules 2013 (S.I. No. 99 of 2013), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E541
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.08.2012) by District Court (Domestic Violence) Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 286 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E542
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.08.2012) by District Court (Service) Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 285 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E543
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.02.2012) by District Court (Fines) Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 39 of 2012), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E544
Power pursuant to section exercised (4.01.2012) by District Court (Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 653 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E545
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.11.2011) by District Court (Criminal Procedure Act 2010) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 585 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E546
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.11.2011) by District Court (Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 536 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E547
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.08.2011) by District Court (Civil Partnership and Cohabitation) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 414 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E548
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.07.2011) by District Court (Hague Convention 1996) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 301 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E549
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.04.2011) by District Court (Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2010) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 154 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E550
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.02.2011) by District Court (Intoxicating Liquor) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 1 of 2011), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E551
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.12.2010) by District Court (Summonses) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 557 of 2010), in operation as per rule 1(1).
E552
Power pursuant to section exercised (29.09.2010) by District Court (Intellectual Property) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 421 of 2010), in operation as per rule 2.
E553
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.07.2010) by District Court (Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009) (No. 2) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 360 of 2010), in operation as per rule 2.
E554
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.07.2010) by District Court (Enforcement of Maintenance Orders) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 325 of 2010), in operation as per rule 2.
E555
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.07.2010) by District Court (Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 314 of 2010), in operation as per rule 2.
E556
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.07.2010) by District Court (Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 260 of 2010), in operation as per rule 2.
E557
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.05.2010) by District Court (Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 162 of 2010), in operation as per rule 2.
E558
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.04.2010) by District Court (Enforcement of Court Orders) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 129 of 2010), in operation as per rule 2.
E559
Power pursuant to section exercised (5.04.2010) by District Court (Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 94 of 2010), in operation as per rule 2.
E560
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.03.2010) by District Court (Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 33 of 2010), in operation as per rule 2.
E561
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.01.2010) by District Court (Combined Court offices) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 581 of 2009), in operation as per rule 2.
E562
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.01.2010) by District Court (Small Claims) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 519 of 2009), in operation as per rule 2.
E563
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.10.2009) by District Court (Service In Member States of Judicial and Extra-judicial Documents In Civil Or Commercial Matters) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 367 of 2009), in operation as per rule 2.
E564
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.05.2009) by District Court (Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 174 of 2009), in operation as per rule 2.
E565
Power pursuant to section exercised (24.04.2009) by District Court (Consumer Protection Act 2007) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 106 of 2009), in operation as per rule 2.
E566
Power pursuant to section exercised (24.04.2009) by District Court (Criminal Justice Act 2006) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 105 of 2009), in operation as per rule 2.
E567
Power pursuant to section exercised (23.03.2009) by District Court (Forms) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 92 of 2009), in operation as per rule 2.
E568
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.2009) by District Court (European Small Claims) Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 583 of 2008), in operation as per rule 2.
E569
Power pursuant to section exercised (29.12.2008) by District Court (Bench Warrants) Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 498 of 2008), in operation as per rule 2.
E570
Power pursuant to section exercised (16.12.2008) by District Court (Child Care) Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 469 of 2008), in operation as per rule 2.
E571
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.09.2008) by District Court (Search Warrants) Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 322 of 2008), in operation as per rule 2.
E572
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.03.2008) by District Court (Criminal Justice Act 2007) Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 41 of 2008), in operation as per rule 2.
E573
Power pursuant to section exercised (12.03.2008) by District Court (Criminal Justice Act 2006) (No. 2) Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 25 of 2008), in operation as per rule 2.
E574
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.11.2007) by District Court (Insanity) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 727 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E575
Power pursuant to section exercised (24.08.2007) by District Court (Road Traffic) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 564 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E576
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.2007) by District Court (Summonses) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 418 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E577
Power pursuant to section exercised (27.07.2007) by District Court (Children) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 408 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E578
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.07.2007) by District Court (Criminal Justice Act 2006, Part 11) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 314 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E579
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.07.2007) by District Court (Community Service) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 313 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E580
Power pursuant to section exercised (31.05.2007) by District Court (Criminal Justice Act 2006) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 203 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E581
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.04.2007) by District Court (Children Summonses) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 152 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E582
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.04.2007) by District Court (Mental Health) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 97 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E583
Power pursuant to section exercised (27.03.2007) by District Court (Small Claims) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 82 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E584
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.03.2007) by District Court (Bench Warrants) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 73 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E585
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.02.2007) by District Court (Mental Health Appeals) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 19 of 2007), in operation as per rule 2.
E586
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.11.2006) by District Court (Public Order) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 545 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E587
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.11.2006) by District Court (Probation of Offenders) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 544 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E588
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.08.2006) by District Court (Case Stated) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 398 of 2006).
E589
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.08.2006) by District Court (Equal Status Act 2000) (Amendment) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 397 of 2006).
E590
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.08.2006) by District Court (Warrants of Execution) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 396 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E591
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.06.2006) by District Court (Taxi Regulation) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 314 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E592
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.06.2006) by District Court (Employment Equality Act 1998) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 263 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E593
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.06.2006) by District Court (Order 16) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 238 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E594
Power pursuant to section exercised (22.05.2006) by District Court (Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 209 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E595
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.05.2006) by District Court (Temporary Closure Orders) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 162 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E596
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.05.2006) by District Court (Equal Status Act 2000) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 161 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E597
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.05.2006) by District Court (Order 24) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 149 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E598
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.04.2006) by District Court (Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 133 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E599
Power pursuant to section exercised (24.02.2006) by District Court (Criminal Justice Act 1994, Section 38) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 47 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E600
Power pursuant to section exercised (7.02.2006) by District Court (Children) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 5 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E601
Power pursuant to section exercised (7.02.2006) by District Court (Small Claims) (Amendment) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 4 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E602
Power pursuant to section exercised (7.02.2006) by District Court (European Enforcement Orders) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 2 of 2006), in operation as per rule 2.
E603
Power pursuant to section exercised (7.12.2005) by District Court (Estreatment of Recognisances) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 704 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E604
Power pursuant to section exercised (7.12.2005) by District Court (Taxes Consolidation Act 1997) (Amendment) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 703 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E605
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.12.2005) by District Court (Refugee Act, 1996) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 687 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E606
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.11.2005) by District Court (EU Regulations) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 635 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E607
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.06.2005) by District Court (Intoxicating Liquor) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 259 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E608
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.06.2005) by District Court (Funds in Court) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 258 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E609
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.06.2005) by District Court (Personal Injuries) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 257 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E610
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.06.2005) by District Court (Section 40, Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 256 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E611
Power pursuant to section exercised (12.04.2005) by District Court (Summonses) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 167 of 2005).
E612
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.04.2005) by District Court (Domestic Violence) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 202 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E613
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.04.2005) by District Court (Criminal Justice) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 201 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E614
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.04.2005) by District Court (Criminal Justice Act, 1994) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 200 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E615
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.04.2005) by District Court (Registration of Clubs) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 198 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E616
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.03.2005) by District Court (Small Claims) (Amendment) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 121 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E617
Power pursuant to section exercised (2.04.2005) by District Court (European Arrest Warrant) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 119 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E618
Power pursuant to section exercised (18.03.2005) by District Court (Appeals To The Circuit Court) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 80 of 2005), in operation as per rule 2.
E619
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.11.2004) by District Court (Food Safety) Rules, 2004 (S.I. No. 700 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E620
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.11.2004) by District Court (Children) (No. 2) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 666 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E621
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.10.2004) by District Court (Children) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 539 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E622
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.10.2004) by District Court (Estreatment of Recognisances) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 535 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E623
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.10.2004) by District Court (Railway Infrastructure) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 534 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E624
Power pursuant to section exercised (6.10.2004) by District Court (Taxes Consolidation Act 1997) (Amendment) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 586 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E625
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.09.2004) by District Court (Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 526 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E626
Power pursuant to section exercised (30.07.2004) by District Court (Intellectual Property) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 411 of 2004), in operation as per rule 2.
E627
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.12.2003) by District Court (Maintenance) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 614 of 2003), in operation as per rule 2.
E628
Power pursuant to section exercised (17.11.2003) by District Court (Appeals To The Circuit Court) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 484 of 2003), in operation as per rule 2.
E629
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.10.2003) by District Court (Theft and Fraud Offences) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 412 of 2003), in operation as per rule 2.
E630
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.10.2003) by District Court (Small Claims) (Amendment) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 410 of 2003), in operation as per rule 2.
E631
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.10.2003) by District Court (Terms of Employment Information) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 409 of 2003), in operation as per rule 2.
E632
Power pursuant to section exercised (24.07.2003) by District Court (Taxes Consolidation Act 1997) (Amendment) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 283 of 2003), in operation as per rule 2.
E633
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.06.2002) by District Court (Company Law Enforcement) Rules 2002 (S.I. No. 207 of 2002), in operation as per rule 2.
E634
Power pursuant to section exercised (13.06.2002) by District Court (Sex Offenders) Rules 2002 (S.I. No. 206 of 2002), in operation as per rule 2.
E635
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.2001) by District Court (Criminal Justice) (No. 2) Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 448 of 2001), in operation as per rule 2.
E636
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.2001) by District Court (Criminal Justice) Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 194 of 2001), in operation as per rule 2.
E637
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.08.2000) by District Court (Taxes Consolidation Act 1997) Rules 2000 (S.I. No. 238 of 2000), in operation as per rule 2.
E638
Power pursuant to section exercised (27.07.2000) by District Court (Attachment and Committal) Rules 2000 (S.I. No. 196 of 2000), in operation as per rule 2.
E639
Power pursuant to section exercised (12.06.2000) by District Court (Offences Against The State (Amendment) Act 1998) Rules 2000 (S.I. No. 166 of 2000), in operation as per rule 2.
E640
Power pursuant to section exercised (27.09.1999) by District Court (Affidavits) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 286 of 1999), in operation as per rule 2.
E641
Power pursuant to section exercised (27.09.1999) by District Court (Discovery of Documents) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 285 of 1999), in operation as per rule 2.
E642
Power pursuant to section exercised (3.08.1999) by District Court (Taxes Consolidation Act 1997) Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 234 of 1999), in operation as per rule 2.
E643
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.07.1999) by District Court (Ejectment) Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 218 of 1999), in operation as per rule 2.
E644
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.07.1999) by District Court [Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1997] Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 217 of 1999), in operation as per rule 2.
E645
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.07.1999) by District Court (Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998) Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 216 of 1999), in operation as per rule 2.
E646
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.07.1999) by District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 191 of 1999), in operation as per rule 2.
E647
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.05.1999) by District Court (Costs) Rules, 1998 (S.I. No. 126 of 1999), in operation as per rule 2.
E648
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.05.1999) by District Court (Custody and Guardianship of Children) Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 125 of 1999), in operation as per rule 2.
E649
Power pursuant to section exercised (21.05.1999) by District Court (Attachment and Committal) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 124 of 1999), in operation as per rule 2.
E650
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.06.1998) by District Court (Domestic Violence) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 201 of 1998), in operation as per rule 2.
E651
Power pursuant to section exercised (9.06.1998) by District Court (Bankers' Books Evidence) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 170 of 1998), in operation as per rule 2.
E652
Power pursuant to section exercised (28.04.1998) by District Court (Licensing) Rules, 1998 (S.I. No. 123 of 1998), in operation as per rule 2.
E653
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.04.1998) by District Court (Extradition) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 89 of 1998), in operation as per rule 2.
E654
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.03.1998) by District Court (Family Law) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 42 of 1998), in operation as per rule 2.
E655
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.03.1998) by District Court (Criminal Justice) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 41 of 1998), in operation as per rule 2.
E656
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), in operation as per preamble.
E657
Power pursuant to section exercised (19.04.1996) by District Court [Local Government (Delimitation of Water Supply Disconnection Powers) Act 1995] Rules 1995 (S.I. No. 96 of 1996).
E658
Power pursuant to section exercised (30.11.1995) by District Court (Service of Summonses) Rules 1995 (S.I. No. 305 of 1995), in operation as per rule 2.
E659
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (9.10.2003) by District Court (Estreatment of Recognisances) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 411 of 2003), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (9.10.2004) by District Court (Estreatment of Recognisances) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 535 of 2004), rule 3, in operation as per rule 2.
E660
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (19.04.1996) by District Court [Local Government (Delimitation of Water Supply Disconnection Powers) Act, 1995] Rules 1995 (S.I. No. 93 of 1996), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E661
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (22.01.1996) by District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1995 (S.I. No. 377 of 1995), in operation as per rule 2; revoked by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), order 53A(15) as inserted (1.07.1999) by District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 191 of 1999), rule 4, in operation as per rule 2; and revoked by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), order 53A(15), as substituted (9.10.2003) by District Court (Small Claims) (Amendment) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 410 of 2003), rule 3 and sch. 1, in operation as per rule 2.
E662
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (7.12.1995) by District Court (Child Care) Rules 1995 (S.I. No. 338 of 1995); revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E663
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (24.08.1994) by District Court (Extradition) Rules 1994 (S.I. No. 266 of 1994), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E664
Power pursuant to section exercised (4.06.1994) by District Court (Service Abroad of Documents in Civil Or Commercial Matters) Rules 1994 (S.I. No. 120 of 1994); revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E665
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (11.04.1994) by District Court (Compensation Order) Rules 1994 (S.I. No. 63 of 1994); revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E666
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (8.12.1993) by District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1993 (S.I. No. 356 of 1993), in operation as per rule 2; revoked by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), order 53A(15) as inserted (1.07.1999) by District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 191 of 1999), rule 4, in operation as per rule 2; and revoked by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), order 53A(15), as substituted (9.10.2003) by District Court (Small Claims) (Amendment) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 410 of 2003), rule 3 and sch. 1, in operation as per rule 2.
E667
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (10.11.1992) by District Court (Set-Off Or Counterclaim) Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 317 of 1992), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E668
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (10.08.1992) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 225 of 1992), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E669
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (29.05.1992) by District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 119 of 1992); revoked (8.12.1993) by District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1993 (S.I. No. 356 of 1993), rule 18, in operation as per rule 2.
E670
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (26.05.1992) by District Court (Service of Summonses) Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 116 of 1992), rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E671
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.04.1992) by District Court (Criminal Damage Act, 1991) Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 53 of 1992); revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E672
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (23.03.1992) by District Court (Social Welfare -Contribution Towards Benefit Or Allowance) Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 47 of 1992), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E673
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (10.12.1991) by District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1991 (S.I. No. 310 of 1991); revoked (8.12.1993) by District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1993 (S.I. No. 356 of 1993), rule 18, in operation as per rule 2.
E674
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (25.07.1990) by District Court (Costs) (Amendment) Rules 1990 (S.I. No. 194 of 1990), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E675
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (9.04.1990) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1990 (S.I. No. 67 of 1990), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E676
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (18.07.1988) by District Court [Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (European Communities) Act 1988] Rules 1988 (S.I. No. 173 of 1988), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E677
Previous affecting provision: Power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.1988) by District Court (Criminal Justice Act 1984) Rules 1988 (S.I. No. 158 of 1988), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E678
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (4.07.1988) by District Court (Status of Children Act, 1987) Rules 1988 (S.I. No. 152 of 1988), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E679
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (13.07.1988) by District Court (Renewal of Intoxicating Liquor Licences) Rules 1988 (S.I. No. 145 of 1988), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E680
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (10.08.1987) by District Court (Malicious Injuries) Rules 1987 (S.I. No. 209 of 1987), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E681
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (22.01.1987) by District Court (Form of Summons) Rules 1987 (S.I. No. 23 of 1987), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E682
Previous affecting privision: power pursuant to section exercised (18.02.1985) by District Court (Criminal Procedure Act 1967) Rules 1985 (S.I. No. 23 of 1985), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E683
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.02.1985) by District Court (Third Party Procedure) Rules 1984 (S.I. No. 3 of 1985), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E684
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.02.1985) by District Court (Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Acts 1963 To 1983) Rules 1984 (S.I. No. 2 of 1985), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E685
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.02.1985) by District Court (Gaming and Lotteries) Rules 1984 (S.I. No. 1 of 1985), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E686
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (10.12.1984) by District Court [Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983] Rules 1984 (S.I. No. 327 of 1984), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E687
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (21.05.1984) by District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1984 (S.I. No. 119 of 1984), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E688
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.07.1983) by District Court (Costs) (Amendment) Rules 1983 (S.I. No. 173 of 1983); revoked (25.07.1990) by District Court (Costs) (Amendment) Rules 1990 (S.I. No. 194 of 1990), rule 4, in operation as per rule 2.
E689
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (22.09.1982) by District Court [Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act 1982] Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 296 of 1982); revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E690
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (19.07.1982) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 218 of 1982), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (9.04.1990) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1990 (S.I. No. 67 of 1990), rule 4, in operation as per rule 2.
E691
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.07.1982) by District Court [Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959] Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 180 of 1982), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E692
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (27.05.1982) by District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 157 of 1982), in operaton as per rule 2; revoked (21.05.1984) by District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules, 1984 (S.I. No. 119 of 1984), rule 3, in operation as per rule 2.
E693
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (27.05.1982) by District Court (Malicious Injuries Act 1981) Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 149 of 1982), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E694
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (14.05.1982) by District Court (Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964) Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 141 of 1982), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E695
Power pursuant to section exercised (14.05.982) by District Court (Interest on Decrees and Lodgements) Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 140 of 1982), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E696
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (23.07.1981) by District Court [Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act 1981] Rules 1981 (S.I. No. 246 of 1981), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E697
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.1980) by District Court [Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976] Amendment Rules 1980 (S.I. No. 268 of 1980), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E698
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (12.05.1980) by District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1980 (S.I. No. 128 of 1980), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (27.05.1982) by District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 157 of 1982), rule 3, in operation as per rule 2.
E699
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1980) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1979 (S.I. No. 370 of 1979), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (19.07.1982) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 218 of 1982), rule 4, in operation as per rule 2.
E700
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (16.05.1977) by District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1977 (S.I. No. 131 of 1977), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (12.05.1980) by District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1980 (S.I. No. 128 of 1980), rule 3, in operation as per rule 2.
E701
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (6.05.1976) by District Court [Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976] Rules 1976 (S.I. No. 96 of 1976), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E702
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (2.06.1975) by District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1975 (S.I. No. 99 of 1975), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (16.05.1977) by District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1977 (S.I. No. 133 of 1977), rule 3, in operation as per rule 2.
E703
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.04.1975) by District Court (Maintenance Orders Act, 1974) Rules 1975 (S.I. No. 58 of 1975), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E704
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.03.1973) by District Court (Counsel's Fees) Rules 1973 (S.I. No. 39 of 1973), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E705
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.1972) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1972 (S.I. No. 175 of 1972), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.01.1980) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1979 (S.I. No. 370 of 1979), rule 4, in operation as per rule 2.
E706
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.03.1972) by District Court(Courts Act 1971) Rules 1972 (S.I. No. 68 of 1972), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E707
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (3.01.1972) by District Court (Summons Servers Fee) Rules 1971 (S.I. No. 352 of 1971), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (2.06.1975) by District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1975 (S.I. No. 99 of 1975), rule 3, in operation as per rule 2.
E708
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (3.07.1972) by District Court (Costs For Service of Documents) Rules 1971 (S.I. No. 351 of 1971); revoked (1.01.1980) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1979 (S.I. No. 370 of 1979), rule 4, in operation as per rule 2.
E709
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (23.09.1971) by District Court (Extradition Act 1965) Amending Rules 1971 (S.I. No. 275 of 1971); revoked (24.08.1994) by District Court (Extradition) Rules 1994 (S.I. No. 266 of 1994), rule 14, in operation as per rule 2.
E710
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1972) by District Court (Charge Sheet) Rules 1971 (S.I. No. 225 of 1971); revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
Section 34A
F67[Jurisdiction of Family District Court and exercise of jurisdiction by judges of Family District Court
34A.— ...]
Annotations
Amendments:
F67
Inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 37, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C31
Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 37, not commenced as of date of revision.
F67[34A.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), jurisdiction vested in the Family District Court is exercisable by a judge of the Family District Court for the time being assigned to the Family District Court district in which—
(a) a party to the proceedings ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, business or occupation,
(b) a child whose welfare is the subject of the proceedings resides, has resided or is proposed to reside, or
(c) a previous application in the same proceedings has been granted.
(2) In proceedings brought in accordance with subsection (1), the judge to whom the originating application in the proceedings was made may, on the application of a party to the proceedings or of his or her own motion, where the judge decides that it would be in the best interests of a child whose welfare is the subject of the proceedings, or otherwise appropriate to do so in a specific case, direct that jurisdiction may be exercised by a judge of another Family District Court district with which the child, or another party to the proceedings, has a connection.
(3) A judge of the Family District Court may—
(a) outside his or her Family District Court district, make an order in family law proceedings, or give a direction in relation to the conduct of such proceedings, which he or she has power to make or give within that Family District Court district, and
(b) within his or her Family District Court district, make an order in family law proceedings, or give a direction in relation to the conduct of such proceedings, which he or she would not, by virtue of subsection (1), have the power to make or give,
where he or she is of the opinion that the order should be made, or the direction be given, as a matter of urgency.
(4) A judge of the Family District Court may, of his or her own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings, refer any question of law arising in proceedings before him or her to the Family High Court for determination and the determination of the Family High Court shall be final and conclusive.
(5) Decisions of the Family District Court may be appealed to the Family Circuit Court within the Family Circuit Court circuit in which that Family District Court is situated.]
C32
Prospective affecting provision: additional judges may have jurisdiction for purposes of section as provided by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 49, not commenced as of date of revision.
Assignment of persons to act temporarily as additional judges of Family District Court
49. (1) Whenever it appears to the President of the District Court that, owing to the temporary absence from duty for any cause of a judge of the Family District Court, or an unusual and temporary increase in the business of the Family District Court on any Family District Court district, or any other cause, it is necessary, in order to prevent the work of the Family District Court getting into arrear either generally or on any particular Family District Court district, to increase temporarily the number of the judges of the Family District Court, one or more ordinary judges of the District Court may be assigned to act as a judge of the Family District Court for such period as the President shall think proper in respect of each such person.
(2) Whenever it appears to the President of the District Court that, in circumstances of urgency, an application in family law proceedings is required to be heard without delay and no judge of the Family District Court is available to hear the application, one or more ordinary judges of the District Court may be assigned by the President to hear the application.
(3) Whenever an ordinary judge of the District Court sits in the Family District Court in accordance with subsection (1) or (2), he or she shall be—
(a) an additional judge of the Family District Court for all the purposes of that Court, and
(b) deemed to have jurisdiction for the purposes of section 34A (inserted by section 37) of the Act of 1961.
Provisions relating to the President of the District Court and to the Dublin Metropolitan District
Section 35
Qualification for appointment as President of the District Court and assignment.
35.—(1) (a) A justice of the District Court shall be qualified for appointment as President of the District Court, provided however that a person who is a justice of the existing District Court immediately before the operative date shall be qualified for appointment as first President of the District Court.
(b) A person who is qualified for appointment as a justice of the District Court shall be qualified for appointment as President of the District Court, other than as first President thereof.
(2) The President of the District Court shall be permanently assigned by the Government to the Dublin Metropolitan District.
(3) F68[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F68
Repealed (12.05.1981) by Courts Act 1981 (11/1981), s. 32(1) and sch. part 1, commenced on enactment.
F69
Substituted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 46, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C33
Prospective affecting provision: subs. (1)(b) substituted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 46, not commenced as of date of revision.
F69[(b) A person who is qualified for appointment as a judge of the District Court shall be qualified for—
(i) appointment as President of the District Court, or
(ii) assignment as Principal Judge of the Family District Court.]
C34
Application of subs. (2) extended (18.12.1997) by Courts (No. 2) Act 1997 (43/1997), s. 12, commenced on enactment.
Assignment of former Presidents of the District Court.
12.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), in respect of a former President of the District Court to whom section 4(2) relates, he or she shall continue to be permanently assigned by virtue of section 35(2) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, to the Dublin Metropolitan District.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall prevent the application of subparagraphs (3) and (4) of paragraph 2 of the Sixth Schedule to the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, to a former President of the District Court to whom section 4(2) relates.
Section 36
General powers of President of the District Court.
36.—(1) For ensuring the prompt and efficient discharge of the business of the District Court in the several districts thereof, the President of the District Court shall have and exercise the powers conferred on him by subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this section.
(2) F70[…]
(b) In the course of an investigation under this subsection, the President shall consult the justice concerned.
(3) (a) The President of the District Court may convene meetings of the justices of the District Court for the purpose of discussing matters relating to the discharge of the business of that Court, including, in particular, such matters as the avoidance of undue divergences in the exercise by the justices of the jurisdiction of that Court and the general level of fines and other penalties.
(b) Such meetings shall not be convened more frequently than twice in one year.
(c) Every justice shall attend at every such meeting unless unable to do so owing to illness or any other unavoidable cause and, where a justice is unable to attend such a meeting, he shall as soon as may be inform the President of the reason therefor.
(4) The President of the District Court may, whenever he thinks fit, make recommendations to the Minister in relation to the following matters:
(a) the number of justices of the District Court to be assigned to the Dublin Metropolitan District;
(b) the places for holding the District Court in or for any district court area; and
(c) the days and hours for holding the District Court in or for any district court area other than the area for the time being comprising the Dublin Metropolitan District.
F71[(5) In the interests of the administration of justice and the determination of proceedings in a manner which is just, expeditious and likely to minimise the cost of those proceedings—
(a) the President of the District Court, or
(b) any other judge of the District Court as may be nominated for that purpose by the President of the District Court,
may, subject to any practice direction issued under subsection (6), make any order or give any direction he or she thinks appropriate in relation to the conduct of proceedings before the District Court.
(6) The President of the District Court may, in the interests of the administration of justice and the determination of proceedings in a manner which is just, expeditious and likely to minimise the cost of those proceedings, issue directions (in this section referred to as "practice directions") in relation to the conduct of proceedings before the District Court.
(7) A practice direction may relate to—
(a) civil or criminal proceedings, or both, or
(b) a class or classes of civil or criminal proceedings, or both,
and may make provision for such incidental, supplementary and consequential matters, including in respect of a failure to comply with any matter provided for in a direction, as appear to the President of the District Court to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the direction.
(8) A practice direction shall be published in such manner as the President of the District Court may direct.
(9) Subsections (5) to (8) are without prejudice to any powers of the District Court in respect of proceedings before it.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F70
Repealed (3.10.2022) by Judicial Council Act 2019 (33/2019), s. 3, S.I. No 489 of 2022.
F71
Inserted (31.07.2023) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), s. 113, S.I. No. 389 of 2013, art. 3(p).
Section 36A
F72[Functions of Principal Judge of Family District Court
36A.— ...]
Annotations
Amendments:
F72
Inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 43, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C35
Prospective affecting provision: s. 36A inserted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 43, not commenced as of date of revision.
F72[36A.—(1) It shall be a function of the Principal Judge of the Family District Court to arrange the distribution and allocation of the business of the Family District Court.
(2) In performing a function under subsection (1), the Principal Judge of the Family District Court shall—
(a) engage with the Courts Service, in such manner as may be agreed between the Principal Judge and the Courts Service, on relevant matters related to the functions of the Courts Service under section 5 of the Courts Service Act 1998 in relation to that Court, and
(b) have regard to the information provided, and the views expressed, by the Courts Service on such matters in the course of the engagement under paragraph (a).
(3) The Principal Judge of the Family District Court shall, without prejudice to his or her functions under any enactment or rule of law, take such steps as he or she considers appropriate for the purposes of ensuring—
(a) the implementation of the guiding principles in section 8 of the Act of 2024, and
(b) the efficiency of court business including, to the extent possible, that there is appropriate consistency in the exercise of jurisdiction by the judges of that Court.
(4) The Principal Judge of the Family District Court may, where he or she sees fit, make recommendations to the President of the District Court in relation to the number of judges to be assigned to a Family District Court district.
(5) The Principal Judge of the Family District Court may—
(a) following engagement with the Courts Service, and
(b) having regard to the information provided, and the views expressed, by the Courts Service in the course of the engagement under paragraph (a) on relevant matters related to its functions under section 5 of the Courts Service Act 1998,
make recommendations to the President of the District Court in relation to the places for holding sittings of the Family District Court in or for any Family District Court district.
(6) The engagement by the Courts Service under subsections (2) and (5) shall not be exercised so as to interfere with the conduct of that part of the business of the Family District Court required by law to be transacted by or before the Principal Judge of the Family District Court or to impugn the independence of the Principal Judge of the Family District Court in the performance of his or her judicial functions.]
Section 37
Abolition of Divisions of Dublin Metropolitan Justices.
37.—On and from the operative date, the three Divisions of the justices permanently assigned to the Dublin Metropolitan District, being the Divisions formed by section 5 (repealed by this Act) of the Act of 1946, shall stand abolished.
Section 38
Principal Justices of the Dublin Metropolitan District.
38.—(1) Each person who was nominated under subsection (1) of section 6 (repealed by this Act) of the Act of 1946 to be a Principal Justice of a Division of the Dublin Metropolitan Justices and who is appointed under subsection (1) of section 29 of this Act to be a justice of the District Court shall hold the office of Principal Justice of the Dublin Metropolitan District (to which District such person shall be permanently assigned by the Government) and shall hold that office so long as he holds the office of justice of the District Court.
(2) Where a person who holds the office of Principal Justice of the Dublin Metropolitan District ceases to hold that office, that office, in so far as it was held by that person, shall stand abolished.
Section 39
F73[Number of judges permanently assigned to districts.
39.—The Minister may after consultation with the President of the District Court, determine the number of judges in the District Court to be assigned permanently to the Dublin Metropolitan District or other District Court District and may from time to time, as the Minister thinks fit, after consultation with the said President, alter the number of judges to be assigned to a particular District.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F73
Substituted (15.12.1995) by Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995), s. 38, commenced on enactment.
Section 40
Places at which business of Dublin Metropolitan District is to be transacted.
40.—On the operative date, the Minister shall, after consultation with the President of the District Court, appoint the places in the Dublin Metropolitan District for the transaction of the business of the District Court in that District and may from time to time, as he shall think fit, after consultation with the said President, alter the places so appointed.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C36
Functions transferred and references to Minister construed as Courts Service (9.11.1999) by Courts Service Act 1998 (8/1998), s. 29 and sch. 2, S.I. No. 349 of 1999, S.I. No. 336 of 1999.
Certain functions to become those of Service.
29.—(1) On and after the establishment day a function of the Minister under each of the provisions mentioned in column 3 of Schedule 2 of the Acts mentioned in column 2 opposite the mention of that provision shall be a function of the Service to the exclusion of the Minister, and the provision shall be construed accordingly.
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SCHEDULE 2
Functions of Minister to become those of Service
Section 29
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Number and Year |
Short Title |
Section |
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(2) |
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No. 39 of 1961. |
Eighth Schedule— paragraph 5, paragraph 6, paragraph 7, paragraph 16, paragraph 22. |
Section 41
Number of sitting days in each week for justices assigned to Dublin Metropolitan District.
41.—The Minister may from time to time, as he shall think fit, after consultation with the President of the District Court, determine the number of days in each week on which the justices of the District Court assigned to the Dublin Metropolitan District shall normally sit in that District for the transaction of the business of the District Court.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C37
Functions transferred and references to Minister construed as Courts Service (9.11.1999) by Courts Service Act 1998 (8/1998), s. 29 and sch. 2, S.I. No. 349 of 1999, S.I. No. 336 of 1999.
Certain functions to become those of Service.
29.—(1) On and after the establishment day a function of the Minister under each of the provisions mentioned in column 3 of Schedule 2 of the Acts mentioned in column 2 opposite the mention of that provision shall be a function of the Service to the exclusion of the Minister, and the provision shall be construed accordingly.
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SCHEDULE 2
Functions of Minister to become those of Service
Section 29
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Number and Year |
Short Title |
Section |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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... |
... |
... |
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No. 39 of 1961. |
Eighth Schedule— paragraph 5, paragraph 6, paragraph 7, paragraph 16, paragraph 22. |
Section 42
Business of District Court in Dublin Metropolitan District.
42.—(1) The President of the District Court shall—
F74[(a) arrange for the distribution of the business of the District Court in the Dublin Metropolitan District or in such other District Court District where more than one judge is permanently assigned amongst the judges of the District Court assigned to the Dublin Metropolitan District or to such other District Court District, and]
(b) determine the class or classes of business to be transacted in each of the several places appointed by the Minister under section 40 of this Act for the transaction of the business of the District Court in the Dublin Metropolitan District and the days and hours at which such class or classes of business shall be transacted in the several places so appointed.
(2) Before arranging for the distribution of any business under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section, the President shall consult with any Principal Justice of the Dublin Metropolitan District.
Annotations
Amendments:
F74
Substituted (15.12.1995) by Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995), s. 39, commenced on enactment.
Section 43
Restriction of section 26 of Act of 1953.
43.—Before exercising the power conferred on him by paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section 26 of the Act of 1953, as applied by section 48 of this Act, the Minister shall consult the President of the District Court.
Section 44
Ex officio members of District Court Rules Committee.
44.—F75[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F75
Repealed (1.10.2008) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (14/2008), s. 3(1) and sch. part 1, S.I. No. 274 of 2008, art. 3(3)(b).
Editorial Notes:
E711
Previous affecting provision: functions transferred and references to Minister construed as Courts Service (9.11.1999) by Courts Service Act 1998 (8/1998), s. 29 and sch. 2, S.I. No. 349 of 1999, S.I. No. 336 of 1999; section repealed (1.10.2008) as per F-note above.
E712
Previous affecting provision: section substituted (15.12.1995) by Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995), s. 40, commenced on enactment; section repealed (1.10.2008) as per F-note above.
PART V
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 45
Administration of justice otherwise than in public.
45.—(1) Justice may be administered otherwise than in public in any of the following cases:
(a) applications of an urgent nature for relief by way of habeas corpus, bail, prohibition or injunction;
(b) matrimonial causes and matters;
(c) lunacy and minor matters;
(d) proceedings involving the disclosure of a secret manufacturing process;
(2) The cases prescribed by subsection (1) of this section shall be in addition to any other cases prescribed by any Act of the Oireachtas.
(3) Any provision contained in any statute of the Parliament of the former United Kingdom or of the Oireachtas of Saorstát Éireann which provided for the administration of justice otherwise than in public and which is not in force solely by reason of its being inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution of Saorstát Éireann or the Constitution, as the case may be, shall have full force and effect.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C38
Application of section restricted (31.03.2005) by Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (31/2004), s. 40(3)-(7), S.I. No. 544 of 2004, art. 3(2).
Proceedings heard otherwise than in public.
40.— ...
(2) For the purposes of this section each of the following shall be a “relevant enactment”—
…
(b) section 45 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (in so far as it relates to matrimonial causes or matters, or minor matters);
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(3) Nothing contained in a relevant enactment shall operate to prohibit—
(a) the preparation by a barrister at law or a solicitor or a person falling within any other class of persons specified in regulations made by the Minister and publication of a report of proceedings to which the relevant enactment relates, or
(b) the publication of the decision of the court in such proceedings,
in accordance with rules of court, provided that the report or decision does not contain any information which would enable the parties to the proceedings or any child to which the proceedings relate to be identified and, accordingly, unless in the special circumstances of the matter the court, for reasons which shall be specified in the direction, otherwise directs, a person referred to in paragraph (a) may, for the purposes of preparing such a report, attend the proceedings subject to any directions the court may give in that behalf.
(4) Nothing contained in a relevant enactment shall operate to prohibit a party to proceedings to which the enactment relates from supplying copies of, or extracts from, orders made in the proceedings to such persons and in accordance with such conditions (if any) as may be prescribed by order of the Minister.
(5) Nothing contained in a relevant enactment shall operate to prohibit a party to proceedings to which the enactment relates from being accompanied, in such proceedings, in court by another person subject to the approval of the court and any directions it may give in that behalf.
(6) Nothing contained in an enactment that prohibits proceedings to which the enactment relates from being heard in public shall operate to prohibit the production of a document prepared for the purposes or in contemplation of such proceedings or given in evidence in such proceedings, to—
(a) a body or other person when it, or he or she, is performing functions under any enactment consisting of the conducting of a hearing, inquiry or investigation in relation to, or adjudicating on, any matter, or
(b) such body or other person as may be prescribed by order made by the Minister, when the body or person concerned is performing functions consisting of the conducting of a hearing, inquiry or investigation in relation to, or adjudicating on, any matter as may be so prescribed.
(7) Nothing contained in an enactment that prohibits proceedings to which the enactment relates from being heard in public shall operate to prohibit the giving of information or evidence given in such proceedings to—
(a) a body or other person when it, or he or she, is performing functions under any enactment consisting of the conducting of a hearing, inquiry or investigation in relation to, or adjudicating on, any matter, or
(b) such body or other person as may be prescribed by order made by the Minister, when the body or person concerned is performing functions consisting of the conducting of a hearing, inquiry or investigation in relation to, or adjudicating on, any matter as may be so prescribed.
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Section 45A
F76[Qualification of certain legal academics for appointment and for nomination for appointment or election to judicial office
45A.—(1) A person shall be qualified for appointment and for nomination for appointment or election to judicial office (within the meaning of the Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023) where he or she—
(a) is for the time being—
(i) a legal academic of not less than 12 years’ standing who has been employed as such for a continuous period of not less than 2 years immediately before such appointment, or
(ii) subject to subsection (4), the head of a faculty who within the period of 12 months prior to becoming the head of that faculty was either—
(I) a legal academic of not less than 12 years’ standing (2 of which years shall have been continuous), or
(II) the head of another faculty of not less than 4 years’ standing (2 of which years shall have been continuous),
(b) is a qualified barrister (within the meaning of the Act of 2015) or a solicitor who has not been struck off the roll of solicitors (within the meaning of the Act of 2015), and
(c) has practised as a barrister or solicitor for a continuous period of at least 4 years.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is a legal academic where he or she is a permanent member of the academic staff of an educational establishment who—
(a) teaches one or more subjects in the field of law, or
(b) carries out, or supervises the carrying out, of research in one or more such subjects,
whether or not in conjunction with the carrying on by him or her of administrative duties relevant to that teaching, research or supervision.
(3) In computing, for the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the period of time that a person is required to have been a legal academic—
(a) a period of time, other than immediately before such appointment, served by a person as head of a faculty shall be deemed to be a period of time served by him or her as a legal academic, and
(b) a period of time spent by a person successively in employment as a legal academic in 2 or more educational establishments shall be aggregated.
(4) A reference to a person being, or having been the head of a faculty (including the reference to having been the head of another faculty) shall be construed as a reference to being, or having been, in an educational establishment, the dean, director or other overall head (by whatever name called) of a department, school or other faculty where the responsibilities of that person include the carrying on of the activities referred to in subsection (2).
(5) In this section—
"educational establishment" means—
(a) a university to which the Universities Act 1997 applies,
(b) a technological university (within the meaning of the Technological Universities Act 2018 ),
(c) the Honorable Society of King’s Inns,
(d) the Law Society of Ireland, or
(e) an establishment, equivalent to one referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d), in a place outside the State.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F76
Inserted (1.01.2025) by Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023 (33/2023), s. 63(e), S.I. No. 553 of 2024.
Section 46
Provisions in relation to remuneration and pensions of judges and justices.
46.—F77[(1) On and from 25 September, 2000—
(a) the Chief Justice is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £120,293 per year, and
(b) each of the other judges of the Supreme Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £104,254 per year.
(2) On and from 25 September, 2000—
(a) the President of the High Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £108,321 per year, and
(b) each of the other judges of the High Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £96,002 per year.
(3) On and from 25 September, 2000—
(a) the President of the Circuit Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £96,002 per year, and
(b) each of the other judges of the Circuit Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £75,548 per year.
F78[(3A) On and from 25 September, 2000—
(a) the President of the District Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £75,548 per year, and
(b) a judge of the District Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £62,762 per year.
(3B) Remuneration payable under this section is to be paid in monthly instalments.]
F79[(3AA) Subsections (1) to (3A) shall be construed subject to subsections F84[(9) to (9B)].]
(3B) Remuneration payable under this section is to be paid in monthly instalments.]
(4) There shall be charged on and payable out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof—
F80[(a) the remuneration payable under this Act to a judge of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Circuit Court or the District Court, and]
F80[(b) the pension payable under this Act to a judge of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Circuit Court or the District Court, and]
(c) the superannuation allowance and additional allowance payable under this Act to a justice of the District Court to whom paragraph 9 of the Second Schedule to this Act applies, and
(d) the gratuity payable under this Act in respect of a justice of the District Court to whom paragraph 9 of the Second Schedule to this Act applies.
(5) Not more than one pension shall be payable under this Act to the same person.
(6) F81[…]
F82[(6) Where a person in receipt of a pension under this Act F83[or under regulations made pursuant to section 5 (1) (a) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1991] is employed in a situation remunerated out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas or out of the Central Fund, then—
(a) such pension shall not be payable in respect of any period during which the remuneration of such person in such situation is equal to or greater than his remuneration in the judicial office in respect of which he is entitled to such pension, and
(b) so much only of such pension shall be payable in respect of any period during which the remuneration of such person in such situation is less than his remuneration in the said judicial office as with his remuneration in such situation will amount to his remuneration in the said judicial office.]
(7) In the application of subsection (5) of this section to a justice of the District Court to whom paragraph 9 of the Second Schedule to this Act applies, references to a pension shall be construed as references to a superannuation allowance and to an additional allowance.
(8) In the application of subsection (6) of this section to a justice of the District Court to whom paragraph 9 of the Second Schedule to this Act applies, references to a pension shall be construed as references to a superannuation allowance.
F84[(9) (a) The annual sums to be paid by way of remuneration to the several judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court who were appointed to those judicial offices before the commencement of section 10 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 shall be specified in an order made by the Government for the purpose.
(b) In making an order under paragraph (a), the Government shall have regard to the proportions that the annual sums payable by way of remuneration under this Act in respect of the different judicial offices bore to one another before the commencement of section 11 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015.
(c) The amount that is specified in an order under paragraph (a) as the annual sum payable by way of remuneration in respect of a particular judicial office shall not be less than the amount that stood, immediately before the commencement of section 11 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015, as the annual sum payable by way of remuneration in respect of that office.
(d) A reference in paragraph (b) to the annual sum payable by way of remuneration in respect of a judicial office shall be construed as a reference to the annual sum payable by way of remuneration in respect of a judicial office, the holder of which was appointed to that office before the commencement of section 10 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011.
(e) An order under this subsection may, if so expressed, have retrospective effect.]
F85[F84[(9A) (a) The annual sums to be paid by way of remuneration to the several judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court who were appointed to those judicial offices on or after the commencement of section 10 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 shall be specified in an order made by the Government for the purpose.
(b) In making an order under paragraph (a), the Government shall have regard to the proportions that the annual sums payable by way of remuneration under this Act in respect of the different judicial offices referred to in paragraph (c) bore to one another before the commencement of section 11 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015.
(c) In respect of each of the following judicial offices, the specification, in an order under paragraph (a), of the annual sum payable by way of remuneration shall be by means of a pay scale set out in the order:
(i) the Chief Justice;
(ii) the President of the Court of Appeal;
(iii) an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court;
(iv) the President of the High Court;
(v) an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal;
(vi) the President of the Circuit Court;
(vii) an ordinary judge of the High Court;
(viii) the President of the District Court;
(ix) an ordinary judge of the Circuit Court or a specialist judge of the Circuit Court;
(x) an ordinary judge of the District Court.
(d) A pay scale referred to in paragraph (c) shall provide for the payment of progressively greater amounts of remuneration, within a range specified in the order, (each of which amounts is referred to in paragraphs (e) and (g) as a “point on the pay scale”), by reference to the lapse of specified periods of time since the relevant judge’s appointment (and no matter, other than such lapse of time, shall be specified in the order as a condition for the payment of any such greater amount).
(e) The first point on the pay scale, in respect of the particular judicial office, shall not be less than the amount that stood, immediately before the commencement of section 11 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015, as the annual sum payable by way of remuneration in respect of that office.
(f) Any reference in paragraph (b) or (e) to the annual sum payable by way of remuneration in respect of a judicial office shall be construed as a reference to the annual sum payable by way of remuneration in respect of a judicial office, the holder of which was appointed to that office on or after the commencement of the provision referred to in paragraph (a).
(g) Where a person appointed to a judicial office on or after the commencement of the provision referred to in paragraph (a) is subsequently appointed to another judicial office and the first point on the pay scale in respect of the second-mentioned office is lower than the amount that stood as the annual sum payable by way of remuneration to the judge prior to his or her appointment to that office (the "pre-existing remuneration"), then, instead of the foregoing point on the pay scale being applicable to the judge, the point on the pay scale that stands immediately above the pre-existing remuneration shall apply to the judge.
(h) Section 7 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 shall not apply to a pay scale set out in an order made under paragraph (a).
(i) An order under this subsection may, if so expressed, have retrospective effect.]
(9B) If, in the case of a person who—
(a) on the commencement of section 10 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011, holds a judicial office, and
(b) at any time after that commencement, is appointed to another judicial office, F84[the application of an order made under subsection (9A)] to the person would result in the remuneration of the person under this section being reduced, F84[then that order] shall not apply to that person and he or she shall continue to be paid the remuneration that he or she would have been entitled to be paid as the holder of the first-mentioned judicial office.
(9C) F86[…]]
F87[(10) Every order made by the Government under subsection F84[subsection (9) or (9A)] is required to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after it is made.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F77
Substituted (25.09.2001) by Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (33/2001), s. 31(a), in operation as per s. 1(5).
F78
Inserted (25.09.2001) by Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (33/2001), s. 31(a), in operation as per s. 1(5).
F79
Inserted (1.01.2012) by Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 (39/2011), s. 10(a), S.I. No. 683 of 2011.
F80
Substituted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 14(1)(a)(i), (ii), S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(b).
F81
Repealed (1.11.2012) by Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (37/2012), s. 3(b), S.I. No. 413 of 2012, in so far as it relates to any pre-existing public service pension scheme.
F82
Retained in force in so far as it does not relate to any pre-existing public service pension scheme.
F83
Inserted (16.07.1991) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1991 (23/1991), s. 6(5)(a), commenced on enactment.
F84
Substituted (1.01.2017) by Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (39/2015), s. 11(a)-(d), (f), S.I. No. 406 of 2016.
F85
Inserted (1.01.2012) by Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 (39/2011), s. 10(c), S.I. No. 683 of 2011.
F86
Deleted (1.01.2017) by Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (39/2015), s. 11(e), S.I. No. 406 of 2016.
F87
Inserted (25.09.2001) by Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (33/2001), s. 31(c), in operation as per s. 1(5)
Modifications (not altering text):
C39
Application of subs. (4) restricted (6.07.2011) by Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (10/2011), s. 18(1), S.I. No. 401 of 2011, in operation as per art. 2.
Functions in respect of Central Fund.
18.— (1) None of the provisions of this Act shall be construed as effecting a transfer from the Minister for Finance to the Minister of any function consisting of the payment, or authorisation of the payment, of moneys out of the Central Fund.
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(3) The Minister for Finance shall not, without the approval of the Minister, perform a function consisting of the payment of moneys out of the Central Fund—
(a) under a provision specified in Schedule 3, or
(b) that is performable in accordance with, or for the purposes of, such a provision.
(4) The Minister for Finance shall not, without the approval of the Minister, perform a function consisting of the payment of moneys out of the Central Fund for the purposes of, or in connection with, the superannuation or remuneration (including emoluments and allowances) of any person to which the Presidential Establishment Acts 1938 to 1991 apply.
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SCHEDULE 3
Functions of Minister for Finance Performable on Request of Minister
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Section 18
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C40
Application of section restricted (18.12.1997) by Courts (No. 2) Act 1997 (43/1997), s. 8, commenced on enactment.
Maintenance of judicial remuneration, etc.
8.—Notwithstanding the provisions of section 46 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, a former presiding judge of any court who subsequently serves, until judicial retirement, as a judge of that court to whom section 4(2) relates shall be paid the same remuneration as provided, from time to time, for the presiding judge of that court for as long as he or she remains a judge of that court to whom section 4(2) relates and, upon judicial retirement, shall be entitled to the same pension and any other entitlements relating to such retirement as if he or she had been the presiding judge of that court at the date of such retirement.
Editorial Notes:
E713
Power pursuant to subs. (9A) exercised (1.07.2022) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 318 of 2022), in operation as per art. 2.
E714
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (1.07.2022) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 317 of 2022), in operation as per art. 2.
E715
Power pursuant to subs. (9A) exercised (1.07.2021) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 324 of 2021), in operation as per art. 2.
E716
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (1.07.2021) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 323 of 2021), in operation as per art. 2.
E717
Power pursuant to subs. (9A) exercised (1.10.2020) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 611 of 2020, deemed), in operation as per art. 2.
E718
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (1.10.2020, deemed) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 610 of 2020), in operation as per art. 2.
E719
Power pursuant to subs. (9A) exercised (1.09.2019, deemed) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9a)) (No. 2) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 549 of 2019), in operation as per art. 2.
E720
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (1.09.2019, deemed) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) (No. 2) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 547 of 2019), in operation as per art. 2.
E721
Power pursuant to subs. (9A) exercised (1.04.2019, deemed) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 257 of 2019), in operation as per art. 2.
E722
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (1.04.2019, deemed) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 256 of 2019), in operation as per art. 2.
E723
Power pursuant to subs. (9A) exercised (1.04.2018, deemed) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 371 of 2018), in operation as per art. 2.
E724
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (1.04.2018, deemed) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 370 of 2018), in operation as per art. 2.
E725
Power pursuant to subs. (9A) exercised (1.04.2017, deemed) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 235 of 2017), in operation as per art. 2.
E726
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (1.04.2017, deemed) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 234 of 2017), in operation as per art. 2.
E727
Power pursuant to subs. (9A) exercised (1.01.2017) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 401 of 2016), in operation as per art. 2.
E728
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (1.01.2017) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 400 of 2016), in operation as per art. 2.
E729
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (14.09.2007) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 841 of 2007).
E730
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (20.12.2005) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) (S.I. No. 905 of 2005).
E731
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (25.07.2005) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 722 of 2005).
E732
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (20.03.2002) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 117 of 2002).
E733
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (26.06.2001) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 302 of 2001).
E734
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (20.02.2001) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 44 of 2001).
E735
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (1.07.1999, deemed) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) Order 1999 (S.I. No. 433 of 1999), in operation as per art. 1(20.
E736
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (24.03.1998) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 73 of 1998).
E737
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (30.08.1994) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (Section 46) Order 1994 (S.I. No. 273 of 1994).
E738
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (4.08.1989) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1989 (S.I. No. 204 of 1989).
E739
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (8.07.1988) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1988 (S.I. No. 166 of 1988).
E740
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (3.11.1981) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1981 (S.I. No. 383 of 1981).
E741
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (2.12.1980) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) (No. 2) Order 1980 (S.I. No. 363 of 1980).
E742
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (19.02.1980) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1980 (S.I. No. 42 of 1980).
E743
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (10.86.1979) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1979 (S.I. No. 282 of 1979).
E744
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (2.05.1978) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1978 (S.I. No. 130 of 1978).
E745
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (1.07.1989) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1989 S.I. No. 204 of 1989).
E746
Power pursuant to subs. (9) exercised (1.07.1988) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1988 (S.I. No. 166 of 1988).
E747
Power pursuant to section exercised (12.05.1977) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (Section 46) Order 1977 (S.I. No. 141 of 1977).
E748
Power pursuant to section exercised (12.03.1976) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (Section 46) Order 1976 (S.I. No. 62 of 1976).
E749
Power pursuant to section exercised (20.05.1975) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (Section 46) Order 1975 (S.I. No. 106 of 1975).
E750
Power pursuant to section exercised (25.06.1974) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1974 (S.I. No. 193 of 1974).
E751
Power pursuant to section exercised (26.07.1973) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (Section 46) Order 1973 (S.I. No. 226 of 1973).
E752
Power pursuant to section exercised (10.06.1971) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (Section 46) Order 1971 (S.I. No. 186 of 1971).
E753
Previous affecting provision: subss. (9A), (9C) amended (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 14(1)(b)(i)-(iii), (c), S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(b); subsections substituted (1.01.2017) as per F-note above.
E754
Previous affecting provision: subs. (9A)(g) amended, (gg) inserted (18.01.2013) by Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (44/2012), s. 190(a), (b), S.I. No. 14 of 2013; subsection substituted (1.01.2017) as per F-note above.
E755
Previous affecting provision: subs. (9)(a) substituted, subs. (10) amended (1.01.2012) by Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 (39/2011), s. 10(b), (d), S.I. No. 683 of 2011; subsection substituted (1.01.2017) as per F-note above.
E756
Previous affecting provision: subs. (4)(a), (b) substituted (25.09.2001) by Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (33/2001), s. 31(b), in operation as per s. 1(5); substituted (28.10.2014) as per F-note above.
E757
Previous affecting provision: subs. (9)(c) repealed (15.12.1983) by Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act 1983 (32/1983), s. 9(1)(d), commenced on enactment; subsection substituted (1.01.2017) as per F-note above.
E758
Previous affecting provision: application of subss. (1)-(3), (9) modified (15.11.1983) by Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act 1983 (32/1983), s. 2(6), commenced on enactment; s. 2 repealed (25.09.2000) by Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (33/2001), s. 34(a), in operation as per s. 1(5).
E759
Previous affecting provision: subss. (1)-(3), (9) substituted (1.12.1981) by Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act 1983 (32/1983), s. 2(6), commenced on enactment; superseded (30.10.2019) as per F-note above.
E760
Previous affecting provision: subs. (9)(c) substituted (1.01.1978) by Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act 1977 (29/1977), s. 11, S.I. No. 379 of 1977; subsection substituted (1.01.2017) as per F-note above.
E761
Previous affecting provision: subss. (1)-(3) substituted, subs. (9) inserted (3.07.1968 with effect from 1.04.1968) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1968 (21/1968), s. 1(a), (b), commenced on enactment; subsections substituted (1.01.2017) as per F-note above.
E762
Previous affecting provision: subss. (1)-(3) substituted (17.06.1964 with effect from 1.02.1964) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1964 (9/1964), s. 1, commenced on enactment; substituted (3.07.1968) as per F-note above.
E763
Previous affecting provision: subss. (1)-(3) substituted (31.07.1962 with effect from 1.11.1961) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1962 (18/1962), s. 1, commenced on enactment; substituted (17.06.1964) as per E-note above.
Section 46A
F88[Remuneration to be adjusted automatically by reference to salary increases in Civil Service.
46A.—(1) Whenever remuneration in the Civil Service is increased with effect from a particular day in accordance with agreements or arrangements that have effect on a general basis in the Civil Service (whether or not they also apply in relation to persons employed other than in the Civil Service), the amounts of remuneration payable under section 46 are, by the operation of this section, increased on and from that day by the same proportion.
(2) It is not necessary to make F89[an order under subsection F90[(9) or (9B)] of section 46] in order to give effect to an increase made by the operation of subsection (1).
(3) In this section, "Civil Service" has the meaning given by the Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F88
Inserted (16.07.2001) by Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (33/2001), s. 32, commenced on enactment.
F89
Substituted (1.01.2012) by Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 (39/2011), s. 11, S.I. No. 683 of 2011.
F90
Substituted (1.01.2017) by Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (39/2015), s. 11(2), S.I. No. 406 of 2016.
Section 47
Interest on judgment debts.
47.—(1) Every judgment debt due upon a judgment of the Circuit Court F91[or decree of the District Court] obtained on or after the operative date shall be deemed a judgment debt within the meaning of section 26 (which provides that judgment debts are to carry interest) of the Debtors (Ireland) Act, 1840.
(2) Section 26 of the Debtors (Ireland) Act, 1840, and the said section 26, as extended by subsection (1) of this section, shall apply to a judgment debt due to or from a State authority.
Annotations
Amendments:
F91
Inserted (12.05.1982) by Courts Act 1981 (11/1981), s. 19(2), in operation as per s. 33(3).
Section 48
Application of enactments relating to existing courts and judges and officers thereof, and rules of court.
48.—(1) (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, this section applies to the following enactments—
(i) any enactment contained in the Courts of Justice Acts, 1924 to 1961, the Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1961, or the Criminal Justice Act, 1951,
(ii) any other enactment wherein there is a reference to a court established by the Act of 1924 or to a judge or officer thereof,
(iii) any instrument (other than rules of court) which is in force immediately before the operative date and was made under any enactment referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph.
(b) This section does not apply to—
(i) any enactment which has been repealed before the operative date or which is repealed by this Act, or
(ii) subsection (2) of section 19 and sections 77 and 78 of the Act of 1924.
(2) In the application of this section in relation to the existing District Court and the District Court a reference to a judge shall be construed as a reference to a justice thereof.
(3) Every enactment to which this section applies shall apply to the courts established by the Principal Act and to the judges and officers thereof as if it were enacted in this Act, with and subject to—
(a) the modifications specified in subsection (5) of this section,
(b) such adaptations and other modifications as may be made by the Minister under subsection (6) of this section.
(4) Rules of court made under the enactments to which this section applies and in force immediately before the operative date shall be deemed to have been made under those enactments, as applied by subsection (3) of this section, and shall have effect accordingly, but with and subject to the modifications specified in subsection (5) of this section, and any such rules of court may be altered or annulled as if they had been made under those enactments as so applied.
(5) The following are the modifications referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and in subsection (4) of this section—
(a) a reference to the court mentioned in column (2) of Part I of the Seventh Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be construed as a reference to the court mentioned in column (3) of the said Part I at that reference number,
(b) a reference to a judge of the court mentioned in column (2) of the said Part I at a particular reference number shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the court mentioned in column (3) of the said Part I at that reference number, and
(c) a reference to the judge mentioned in column (2) of Part II of the Seventh Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be construed as a reference to the judge mentioned in column (3) of the said Part II at that reference number.
(6) (a) The Minister may from time to time by order make such adaptations or modifications (not inconsistent with the modifications effected by subsection (5) of this section) in or of any enactment to which this section applies as are, in his opinion, necessary and proper in order to give effect to the provisions of this Act.
(b) Every order made by the Minister under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall, where the order so provides, have and be deemed always to have had effect as on and from the operative date.
(7) “This Act” where it occurs in any enactment applied by this section shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as referring to the Act which includes that enactment.
(8) Subsection (1) of section 51 of the Act of 1936, as applied by this section, shall have effect as if “ten years' standing” were substituted for “six years' standing”.
(9) Subsection (1) of section 27 of the Act of 1953, as applied by this section, shall have effect as if for the reference therein to section 11 (repealed by this Act) of the Act of 1946 there were substituted a reference to section 40 of this Act.
(10) (a) Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 2 of the Act of 1961 shall not be taken to refer to a person who, immediately before the passing of the Act of 1961, was a judge of the existing Supreme Court, High Court or Circuit Court or a justice of the existing District Court and is appointed a judge on the operative date.
(b) The reference in subsections (2), (4) and (5) of section 4 of the Act of 1961 to the Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1951, shall be deemed to include a reference to this Act.
(c) Section 5 of the Act of 1961 shall have effect as if there were inserted at the end of subsection (2) “or under section 58 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961.”
(d) In this subsection “the Act of 1961” means the Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act, 1961.
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E764
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (15.02.1971) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1970 (S.I. No. 315 of 1970), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.09.1972) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1972 (S.I. No. 175 of 1972), rule 3(2), in operation as per rule 2.
E765
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.03.1970) by District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1970 (S.I. No. 35 of 1970), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (3.01.1972) by District Court (Summons Servers Fee) Rules 1971 (S.I. No. 352 of 1971), rule 3, in operation as per rule 2.
E766
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1969) by District Court (Extradition Act 1965) Rules 1968 (S.I. No. 279 of 1968), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (24.08.1994) by District Court (Extradition) Rules 1994 (S.I. No. 266 of 1994), rule 14, in operation as per rule 2.
E767
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.1967) by District Court (Criminal Procedure Act 1967) Rules 1967 (S.I. No. 181 of 1967), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E768
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.1966) by District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1966 (S.I. No. 211 of 1966), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.03.1970) by District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1970 (S.I. No. 35 of 1970), rule 3, in operation as per rule 2.
E769
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.1965) by Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1965 (S.I. No. 202 of 1965), in operation as per preamble; revoked (3.12.2001) by Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2010), Annulment of Existing Rules and sch. A, in operation as per Annulment of Existing Rules.
E770
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1965) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1964 (S.I. No. 279 of 1964), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.09.1972), by District Court (Costs) Rules 1972. (S.I. No. 175 of 1972), rule 3(2), in operation as per rule 2.
E771
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (2.03.1964) by District Court (Hire-Purchase) Rules 1963 (S.I. No. 214 of 1963), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E772
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (2.03.1964) by District Court (Summary Judgment) Rules 1963 (S.I. No. 213 of 1963), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E773
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (10.12.1962) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1962 (S.I. No. 206 of 1962), in operation as per rule 2; schedule of costs superseded (1.01.1965) by District Court (Costs) Rules 1964 (S.I. No. 279 of 1964), rule 4(2)(b), in operation as per rule 2, SI rendered obsolete.
E774
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.11.1962) by District Court (Amending) Rules 1962 (S.I. No. 178 of 1962), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E775
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (30.01.1962) by District Court (Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1956) Rules 1962 (S.I. No. 9 of 1962), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E776
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.03.1962) by District Court Rules (No. 2) 1962 (S.I. No. 8 of 1962), in operation as per rule 1(1); revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
E777
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.03.1962) by District Court Rules (No. 1) 1962 (S.I. No. 7 of 1962), in operation as per rule 2; revoked (1.05.1997) by District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), preamble and sch. A, in operation as per preamble.
Section 49
Preservation of continuity of administration and enforcement of justice.
49.—(1) The continuity of the administration and enforcement of justice shall not be interrupted by the coming into operation of the Principal Act or this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section—
(a) any act done or proceedings taken before the operative date in respect of any cause or matter in the court mentioned in column (2) of Part I of the Seventh Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be deemed to have been done or taken respectively in the court mentioned in column (3) of the said Part I at that reference number,
(b) any act done or proceedings taken before the operative date in respect of any cause or matter before the judge mentioned in column (2) of Part II of the Seventh Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number (being reference number 1 or 2) shall be deemed to have been done in that cause or matter before the judge mentioned in column (3) of the said Part II at that reference number,
(c) any act done or proceedings taken before the operative date in respect of any cause or matter before the existing Cork Circuit Court Judge exercising jurisdiction in admiralty shall be deemed to have been done or taken in the Cork Local Admiralty Court,
(d) any act done or proceedings taken before the operative date in respect of any cause or matter before the existing Cork Circuit Court Judge exercising jurisdiction in bankruptcy shall be deemed to have been done or taken in the Cork Local Bankruptcy Court.
(3) In subsection (2) of this section “the existing Cork Circuit Court Judge” means the judge of the existing Circuit Court for the circuit of the existing Circuit Court consisting of the county and county borough of Cork.
Section 50
Appeals from District Court in criminal cases against sentence only.
50.—Where—
(a) an order is made in a criminal case by a justice of the District Court convicting a person and sentencing him to pay a penal or other sum or to do anything at any expense or to undergo a term of imprisonment F92[…], and
(b) an appeal is taken against the order, and
(c) either—
(i) the notice of appeal states that the appeal is against so much only of the order as relates to the sentence, or
(ii) the appellant, on the hearing of the appeal, indicates that he desires to appeal against so much only of the order as relates to the sentence,
then, notwithstanding any rule of law, the Circuit Court shall not, on the hearing of the appeal, re-hear the case except to such extent as shall be necessary to enable the court to adjudicate on the question of sentence.
Annotations
Amendments:
F92
Deleted (7.04.2017) by Prisons Act 2015 (57/2015), s. 9(1), S.I. No. 134 of 2017.
Section 51
Extension of section 2 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1857.
51.—(1) Section 2 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1857, is hereby extended so as to enable any party to any proceedings whatsoever heard and determined by a justice of the District Court (other than proceedings relating to an indictable offence which was not dealt with summarily by the court) if dissatisfied with such determination as being erroneous on a point of law, to apply in writing within fourteen days after such determination to the said justice to state and sign a case setting forth the facts and the grounds of such determination for the opinion thereon of the High Court.
(2) Upon the making of an application under section 2 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1857, as extended by subsection (1) of this section, for a case stated, the determination in respect of which the application is made shall be suspended—
(a) where the justice of the District Court to whom the application is made grants the application, until the case stated has been heard and determined, and
(b) where he refuses to grant the application, until he so refuses.
(3) The references in sections 6, 8, 9, 10 and 14 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1857, to that Act shall be construed as references to that Act as extended by subsection (1) of this section.
(4) In section 2 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1857, and in this section, “party” means any person who was entitled to be heard and was heard in the proceedings in which the determination in respect of which an application for a case stated is made was given.
Section 52
Case stated for High Court on question of law.
52.—(1) A justice of the District Court shall, if requested by any person who has been heard in any proceedings whatsoever before him (other than proceedings relating to an indictable offence which is not being dealt with summarily by the court) unless he consider the request frivolous, and may (without request) refer any question of law arising in such proceedings to the High Court for determination.
(2) An appeal shall lie by leave of the High Court to the Supreme Court from every determination of the High Court on a question of law referred to the High Court under subsection (1) of this section.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C41
Application of section restricted (6.11.1981) by Malicious Injuries Act 1981 (9/1981), s. 18(4), in operation as per s. 1(2).
Cases stated for opinion of Supreme Court.
18.— ...
(4) Section 2 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1857 (as extended by section 51 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961), section 52 of the latter Act and section 16 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1947, shall not have effect in relation to proceedings under this Act.
Section 53
Application of section 26 of Hire-Purchase (Amendment) Act, 1960.
53.—Section 26 of the Hire-Purchase (Amendment) Act, 1960, shall apply to any action pending in the High Court which is founded on a credit-sale agreement (within the meaning of the Hire-Purchase Acts, 1946 and 1960).
Section 54
Jurisdiction to bind to the peace or to good behaviour.
54.—The jurisdiction formerly exercisable by justices of the peace to make an order binding a person to the peace or to good behaviour or to both the peace and good behaviour and requiring him to enter into a recognizance in that behalf may be exercised by—
(a) a judge of the Supreme CourtF93[, the Court of Appeal] or the High Court, or
(b) a judge of the Circuit Court within the circuit to which he is for the time being assigned, or
(c) a justice of the District Court within the district to which he is for the time being assigned.
Annotations
Amendments:
F93
Inserted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 44(b), S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(b).
Section 55
Offices and officers, etc. under Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1951.
55.—F94[(1) The provisions set out in the Eighth Schedule (amended by section 44 of the Act of 2014) shall apply in relation to offices and officers to be attached to the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the President of the High Court respectively.]
(2) (a) Every Circuit Court office shall become and be attached to the Circuit Court.
(b) Every county registrar shall become and be attached to the Circuit Court.
(c) Every assignment of a county registrar made or deemed to have been made under section 10 of the Act of 1945 before the operative date shall, if it is in force immediately before the operative date, continue in force and be deemed to have been made under the said section 10, as applied by section 48 of this Act.
(3) (a) Every district court clerk shall become and be attached to the District Court.
(b) Every assignment of a district court clerk made under section 48 of the Act of 1926 before the operative date shall, if it is in force immediately before the operative date, continue in force and be deemed to have been made under the said section 48 as applied by section 48 of this Act.
(4) Any requisition made under section 9 of the Act of 1945 before the operative date shall, if it is in force immediately before the operative date, continue in force and be deemed to have been made under the said section 9, as applied by section 48 of this Act.
(5) Any appointment made under section 4 (which relates to deputies for district court clerks) of the Court Officers Act, 1951, before the operative date shall, if it is not terminated before the operative date, be deemed to have been made under the said section 4, as applied by section 48 of this Act.
(6) The following provisions shall apply to any person who, immediately before the operative date, holds any office, employment or position under the Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1951—
(a) he shall continue to hold his office, employment or position as if this Act had not been passed,
(b) nothing in this Act shall affect the terms and conditions on and subject to which he held his office, employment or position immediately before the operative date.
(7) The business to be transacted in the Circuit Court office for the circuit consisting of the county and county borough of Cork, pursuant to section 37 of the Act of 1926, shall include the business of the Cork Local Admiralty Court and the Cork Local Bankruptcy Court, and section 65 of the Act of 1936 (which relates to the prescribing of court fees) shall have effect accordingly.
Annotations
Amendments:
F94
Substituted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 26, S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(b).
Section 56
Power to continue county registrars in office after reaching age of sixty-five years.
56.—(1) (a) In this section “the Committee” means a committee consisting of—
(i) the Chief Justice,
(ii) the President of the High Court, and
(iii) the Attorney General.
(b) The Committee may act by a majority of its members and a warrant under this section shall be sufficiently authenticated if signed by two members of the Committee.
(2) Where—
(a) a county registrar is about to reach the age of sixty-five years, and
(b) he satisfies the Committee that he is not suffering from any disability which would render him unfit to discharge efficiently the duties of his office,
the Committee may, if they so think proper after consultation with the Minister, by warrant made before such county registrar attains the said age, continue him in office for one year commencing on the date on which he will attain the said age.
(3) Where—
(a) a county registrar to whom a warrant under subsection (2) of this section or under this subsection relates, or to whom a warrant under this subsection is deemed to relate, is about to reach the age of (as the case may be) sixty-six, sixty-seven, sixty-eight or sixty-nine years, and
(b) he satisfies the Committee that he is not suffering from any disability which would render him unfit to continue to discharge efficiently the duties of his office,
the Committee may, if they so think proper after consultation with the Minister, by warrant made before such county registrar attains the said age, continue him in office for one year commencing on the date on which he will attain the said age.
(4) Where, immediately before the operative date, there is a county registrar whose age of retirement was extended under subsection (6) of section 35 of the Act of 1926, such county registrar shall be deemed to have been continued in office by warrant under subsection (3) of this section and to be a county registrar to whom that subsection relates.
(5) The provisions of this section shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (6) of section 35 of the Act of 1926.
Section 57
Pension of Master of the High Court, Taxing-Master and county registrar.
57.—(1) Where—
(a) F95[a person who holds or held the office of Master of the High Court, Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator, Legal Costs Adjudicator or county registrar ceases to hold that office and attains the age of sixty-five years, or ceases to hold that office having been removed from office under the applicable provisions] or upon medical certificate that he is incapable, from infirmity of mind or body, of discharging the duties of that office and that the infirmity is likely to be permanent, and
(b) he has completed five or more years of continuous service in one or more of the said offices
he shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be eligible for a pension consisting of—
(i) if he has completed twenty or more years of such service, two-thirds of the annual remuneration in respect of the office which he ceases to hold, or
(ii) if he has not completed twenty years of such service, one-sixth of the annual remuneration in respect of the office which he ceases to hold together with one-thirtieth of that remuneration for each (if any) completed year of such service in excess of five.
(2) F96[…]
(2) Where a person in receipt of a pension under this section F97[or under regulations made pursuant to section 5 (1) (b) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1991] is employed in a situation remunerated out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, then
(a) the pension shall not be payable in respect of any period during which his remuneration in respect of such situation is equal to or greater than the remuneration by reference to which the pension was computed, and
(b) so much only of the pension shall be payable in respect of any period during which his remuneration in respect of such situation is less than the remuneration by reference to which the pension was computed as with his remuneration in respect of such situation will amount to the remuneration by reference to which the pension was computed.
(3) A reference in this section to service of any person shall be construed as a reference to service of such person in respect of which he was remunerated, exclusive of any period during which he was absent on account of illness and was remunerated at a rate determined by reference to the rate which would be appropriate if he were on pension.
(4) Pensions under this section may be granted by the Minister for Finance.
F98[(5) In this section, "applicable provisions" means—
(a) in the case of a person holding the office of Master of the High Court, paragraph (a) of section 3(4B) of the Act of 1926,
(b) in the case of a person holding the office of the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator or Legal Costs Adjudicator, clause (a) of paragraph 18(11) of the Eighth Schedule, and
(c) in the case of a person holding the office of county registrar, section 35(8)(a) of the Act of 1926.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F95
Substituted (31.07.2023) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), s. 114(a), S.I. No. 389 of 2023, art. 3(p).
F96
Repealed in so far as it relates to any pre-existing public service pension scheme (1.11.2012) by Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (37/2012), s. 3(b), S.I. No. 413 of 2012.
F97
Inserted (16.07.1991) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1991 (23/1991), s. 6(5)(b), commenced on enactment.
F98
Inserted (31.07.2023) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), s. 114(b), S.I. No. 389 of 2023, art. 3(p).
Modifications (not altering text):
C42
Application of section extended (16.07.2001) by Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (33/2001), s. 51, commenced on enactment as per s. 1(2).
Entitlement to have previous service treated as service as judge or court officer.
51.—If a person who is or was formerly a judge or court officer has previously served in another public office, the person is entitled, subject to this Part, to have the previous service treated as pensionable service for the purposes of the pension provisions applicable to that person under the Second Schedule to the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961, or section 57 of that Act (whichever is applicable).
C43
Application of subs. (2) extended (13.07.1999) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1999 (25/1999), s. 2, commenced on enactment.
Application of provisions relating to abatement of pensions.
2.—Sections 46(6) and 57(2) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961, shall apply to the specified persons, as appropriate, with any necessary modifications.
C44
Application of section modified (19.12.1996) by Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 (5/1998), s. 27, in operation as per s. 31.
Modification of pension provisions of Principal Act as applied to certain court officers.
27.—In the case of a court officer who is serving as such on or after the 19th day of December, 1996, section 57 of the Principal Act shall have effect as if in subsection (1) of that section the following paragraphs were substituted for paragraphs (i) and (ii):
“(i) if he has completed twenty or more years of such service, one-half of the annual remuneration in respect of the office which he ceases to hold, or
(ii) if he has not completed twenty years of such service, one-eighth of the annual remuneration in respect of the office which he ceases to hold together with one-fortieth of that remuneration for each (if any) completed year of service in excess of five."
C45
Application of subs. (2) modified (1.08.1978) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1991 (23/1991), s. 3(2), in operation as per s. 10(1), as amended (19.12.1996) by Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 (5/1998), s. 30(d), commenced as per s. 31.
Reckoning of days in addition to completed years for purposes of pensions.
3.— ...
(2) Where a person who holds the office of Master of the High Court, Taxing Master or county registrar has, upon ceasing to hold office on or after the coming into operation of this section, completed five or more years of service in one or more of the said offices (but less than 20 years of such service) and his service comprises a day or days in addition to a number of completed years, the pension payable to such person pursuant to section 57 of the Principal Act shall be increased by an amount which bears the same proportion to [1/40th] of his remuneration as the day or number of days aforesaid bears to one year.
C46
Functions transferred and references to "Minister for the Public Service" construed as "Minister for Finance" (19.03.1987) by Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 (S.I. No. 81 of 1987), art. 4(1)(b), (2).
3. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 4 of this Order are hereby transferred to the Department of Finance.
(2) References to the Department of the Public Service contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Finance.
4. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for the Public Service—
...
(b) (b) by virtue of the Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 294 of 1973 ),
are hereby transferred to the Minister for Finance.
(2) References to the Minister for the Public Service contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Finance.
The history of the Minister for Finance aspects of this Act can be traced as follows:
• Functions transferred and references to Minister for Finance construed as Public Service (1.11.1973) by Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1973 (S.I. No. 294 of 1973), in operation as per art. 2;
• Functions transferred and references to Minister for Public Service construed as Finance (19.03.1987) by Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1987 (S.I. No. 81 of 1987) (above).
Editorial Notes:
E778
Non-entitlement to pension under section may result in grant of preserved pension as provided (22.01.1992) by Courts (Preservation of Superannuation) (Court Officers) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 10 of 1992), reg. 3.
Section 58
Special provisions for person who, on the operative date, holds the office of Master of the High Court, Taxing-Master or county registrar.
58.—(1) Notwithstanding the terms of section 57 of this Act, that section shall not apply in relation to a person who, on the operative date, holds the office of Master of the High Court, Taxing-Master or county registrar unless and until he elects under this section to accept the provisions of the said section 57.
(2) A person who, on the operative date, holds the office of Master of the High Court, Taxing-Master or county registrar may, by notice in writing sent to the Minister before the expiration of three months after the operative date, elect to accept the provisions of section 57 of this Act.
(3) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of sections 4 and 5 of the Act of 1945—
(a) those sections shall continue to have effect in relation to a person who, at the passing of the Act of 1945, held the office of Taxing-Master or county registrar and holds such office on the operative date, unless and until such person elects under this section to accept the terms of section 57 of this Act;
(b) section 4 shall continue to have effect in relation to a person who was appointed to the office of Master of the High Court, Taxing-Master or county registrar after the passing of the Act of 1945 and holds such office on the operative date, unless and until such person elects under this section to accept the terms of section 57 of this Act.
Section 59
Officers of Cork Local Admiralty Court and Cork Local Bankruptcy Court.
59.—(1) In this section—
“the existing Cork Circuit Court Judge” means the judge of the existing Circuit Court for the circuit of the existing Circuit Court consisting of the county and county borough of Cork;
“the Cork County Registrar” means the county registrar for the county and county borough of Cork.
(2) (a) In this subsection “the Court” means the Cork Local Admiralty Court constituted by subsection (2) of section 23 of this Act.
(b) There shall be attached to the Court the following officers—
(i) a registrar,
(ii) a marshal.
(c) The Cork County Registrar shall be the registrar of the Court.
(d) The marshal of the Court shall be appointed by the Minister and shall hold office on such terms and conditions as the Minister, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, shall determine.
(e) The authorities, powers, duties and functions of the registrar of the Court shall correspond with those conferred or imposed by statute or rule of court on the officer attached to the High Court who is acting as Admiralty Registrar of the High Court.
(f) The authorities, powers, duties and functions of the marshal of the Court shall correspond with those conferred or imposed by statute or rule of court on the officer attached to the High Court who is acting as Admiralty Marshal of the High Court.
(g) The person (if any) who, immediately before the operative date, held the office of or acted as marshal for the purposes of the jurisdiction in admiralty exercised, immediately before the operative date, by the existing Cork Circuit Court Judge shall, by virtue of this paragraph, become and be marshal of the Court and shall hold that office upon the terms and conditions upon which, immediately before the operative date, he held such first-mentioned office.
(3) (a) In this subsection, “the Court” means the Cork Local Bankruptcy Court constituted by subsection (3) of section 23 of this Act.
(b) There shall be attached to the Court the following officers—
(i) a registrar,
(ii) an official assignee,
(iii) a messenger,
(iv) such other officers (if any) as the Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, shall determine.
(c) The Cork County Registrar shall be the registrar of the Court.
(d) Each officer of the Court (other than the registrar of the Court) shall be appointed by the Minister and shall hold office on such terms and conditions as the Minister, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, shall determine.
(e) The authorities, powers, duties and functions of the registrar of the Court shall correspond with those conferred or imposed on one of the Examiners or the Examiner (where there is only one Examiner) by subparagraph (2) of paragraph 11 of the Eighth Schedule to this Act.
(f) The authorities, powers, duties and functions of the official assignee of the Court shall correspond with those conferred or imposed by statute or rule of court on the Official Assignee in Bankruptcy.
(g) All such and the like property, estate and effects as would vest in the Official Assignee in Bankruptcy in the case of proceedings instituted in the High Court shall vest in the official assignee of the Court where proceedings are instituted in the Court, and the enactments regulating and affecting the vesting of any of such property, estate and effects in the Official Assignee in Bankruptcy and the divesting thereof shall also regulate and affect the vesting of the same in the official assignee of the Court and the divesting thereof.
(h) The person (if any) who, immediately before the operative date, held the office of or acted as official assignee for the purposes of the jurisdiction in bankruptcy exercised immediately before the operative date by the existing Cork Circuit Court Judge shall, by virtue of this paragraph, become and be official assignee of the Court and shall hold that office upon the terms and conditions upon which, immediately before the operative date, he held such first-mentioned office.
(i) The rights, powers, duties and obligations of the messenger of the Court shall correspond with those conferred or imposed by statute or rule of court on the messenger attached to the Office of the Official Assignee in Bankruptcy.
(4) In section 9 of the Act of 1945, as applied by section 48 of this Act, the references to a court shall be construed as including references to the Cork Local Admiralty Court and the Cork Local Bankruptcy Court.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C47
Functions transferred and references to "Minister for the Public Service" construed as "Minister for Finance" (19.03.1987) by PPublic Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 (S.I. No. 81 of 1987), art. 4(1)(b), (2).
3. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 4 of this Order are hereby transferred to the Department of Finance.
(2) References to the Department of the Public Service contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Finance.
4. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for the Public Service—
...
(b) (b) by virtue of the Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1973 ( S.I. No. 294 of 1973 ),
are hereby transferred to the Minister for Finance.
(2) References to the Minister for the Public Service contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Finance.
The history of the Minister for Finance aspects of this Act can be traced as follows:
• Functions transferred and references to Minister for Finance construed as Public Service (1.11.1973) by Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1973 (S.I. No. 294 of 1973), in operation as per art. 2;
• Functions transferred and references to Minister for Public Service construed as Finance (19.03.1987) by Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1987 (S.I. No. 81 of 1987) (above).
Section 60
Right of audience of solicitors in Circuit Court, Cork Local Admiralty Court and Cork Local Bankruptcy Court.
60.—F99[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F99
Repealed (15.12.1971) by Courts Act 1971 (36/1974), s. 24, commenced on enactment.
Section 61
Solicitors and commissioners for oaths.
61.—All persons who, immediately before the operative date, were solicitors of the courts mentioned in column (2) of Part I of the Seventh Schedule to this Act and all persons who, immediately before the operative date, were commissioners to administer oaths shall on the operative date become respectively solicitors of the courts mentioned in column (3) of the said Part I and commissioners to administer oaths.
Section 62
F100[Court may award costs without oral hearing
62.— (1) Subject to subsection (2), a court in any proceedings before it may, in relation to its determination, or any part of its determination, of the liability (if any) of any party to costs, make one or more of the following directions:
(a) that the determination shall be made without an oral hearing;
(b) that an application or submission to the court relating to such determination shall be made in writing;
(c) that a ruling in relation to such liability shall be delivered in writing.
(2) A court shall not make a direction under subsection (1) where it considers that it is not in the interests of justice to do so.
(3) A direction under subsection (1) may be made at any time during the proceedings concerned or at their conclusion.
(4) Rules of court may, in relation to proceedings to which subsection (1) applies, make provision for the manner in which submissions in writing relating to liability for costs may be made by the parties to the proceedings.
(5) Subsection (1) is without prejudice to any power of the court under any enactment or rule of court.
(6) In this section, "court" means the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Circuit Court or the District Court.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F100
Inserted (31.07.2023) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), s. 115, S.I. No. 389 of 2023, art. 3(p).
Editorial Notes:
E779
The section heading is taken from the amending section in the absence of one included in the amendment.
Schedule 1
FIRST SCHEDULE
Enactments Repealed
|
Session and Chapter or Number and Year |
Short Title |
Extent of Repeal |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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5 & 6 Vic. c. 24. |
Dublin Police Act, 1842. |
Section 68. |
|
43 & 44 Vic. c. 39. |
Lunacy (Ireland) Act, 1880. |
The whole Act. |
|
6 Edw. 7. c. 37. |
Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906. |
In subsection (1) of section 31, all words from “and the Local Government Board” to the end of the subsection. |
|
No. 10 of 1924. |
Section 2; in section 3, the definition of “Central Criminal Court”; sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18; subsections (1) and (3) of section 19; in section 20, the words “From and after the commencement of this Act”; sections 21 and 22; in section 27, the words “From and after the commencement of this Act”; sections 30, 37, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56 and 57; in section 60, all words from “Any judgment” to the end of the section; sections 67, 69, 70 and 74; in section 78, all words from “and the provisions”of the end of the section; sections 82, 83, 89, 93, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103 and 104; the Schedule. |
|
|
No. 1 of 1926. |
Sections 2, 3, 4 and 7. |
|
|
No. 27 of 1926. |
Subsection (2) of section 1; in section 2, the definitions of “the Chief Justice” and “court” subsections (1) and (2) of section 3; in subsection (6) of section 3, the words from “but such age”to the end of the subsection; sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25 and 26; in subsection (1) of section 28, the words “the Central Office and”; subsection (2) of section 28; section 30; in subsection (6) of section 35, from the words “but such age” to the end of the subsection; in subsection (1) of section 38, the words “or, where a local bankruptcy court formerly existed, the registrar, or any other officer of that court except the official assignee”; sections 45, 49 and 60; in subsection (1) of section 51, the words “after the appointed day” subsection (2) of section 51; section 55; subsection (4) of section 59; section 62; subsections (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6) of section 63; section 64. |
|
|
No. 29 of 1927. |
The whole Act. |
|
|
No. 15 of 1928. |
In subsection (1) of section 1, the definition of “the Chief Justice” subsection (2) of section 1; sections 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 , 13, 14, 15 and 22; the Schedule. |
|
|
No. 35 of 1928. |
The whole Act. |
|
|
No. 40 of 1931. |
The whole Act. |
|
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No. 48 of 1936. |
Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6; subsection (1) of section 7; sections 8, 9, 15, 17, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27 and 28; in subsection (3) of section 31, the words “, on the commencement of this Part of this Act,” and “, as on and from such commencement,”; subsection (1) of section 33; in subsection (2) of section 33, the words “At any time after the commencement of this Part of this Act,”; sections 45, 48 and 50; subsections (2) and (4) of section 51; sections 54 and 56; paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section 64; the First Schedule. |
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No. 25 of 1945. |
Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8. |
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No. 21 of 1946. |
In section 2, all definitions except the definitions of “Justice”and “the Minister” sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 and 22; the Schedule. |
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No. 20 of 1947. |
Sections 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8; subsections (1) and (2) of section 9; in subsection (3) of section 9, the words “shall be appointed from amongst the Circuit Judges by the President acting on the advice of the Government and” subsection (4) of section 9; sections 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 20; the Schedule. |
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No. 8 of 1949. |
Sections 3 and 4; the Schedule. |
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No. 2 of 1951. |
Sections 19 and 26; the Second Schedule. |
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No. 32 of 1953. |
Sections 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18; subsection (1) of section 19; sections 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 32; the Schedule. |
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No. 35 of 1959. |
The whole Act. |
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No. 15 of 1960. |
Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 19; paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 19. |
Schedule 2
SECOND SCHEDULE
Pensions of Judges of Courts Established by the Principal Act
Sections 6, 19 and 31.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C48
Application of schedule extended (16.07.2001) by Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (33/2001), s. 51, commenced on enactment as per s. 1(2).
Entitlement to have previous service treated as service as judge or court officer.
51.—If a person who is or was formerly a judge or court officer has previously served in another public office, the person is entitled, subject to this Part, to have the previous service treated as pensionable service for the purposes of the pension provisions applicable to that person under the Second Schedule to the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961, or section 57 of that Act (whichever is applicable).
C49
Pensions under schedule increased (1.08.1978, deemed) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1991 (23/1991), s. 3, in operation as per s. 10(1). Note amendments in the case of a judge or court officer who ceased to serve as such on or after the 19th day of December, 1996 made (19.12.1996, deemed) by Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 (5/1998), s. 30(a)-(d), in operation as per s. 31, not shown below.
Reckoning of days in addition to completed years for purposes of pensions.
3.—(1) Where a judge or justice has, upon vacation of his office on or after the coming into operation of this section, completed five years of service or more but, in the case of a judge, less than 15 years of service or, in the case of a justice, less than 20 years of service, and his service comprises a day or days in addition to a number of completed years, the pension payable to such judge or justice, as the case may be, pursuant to the Second Schedule to the Principal Act shall be increased—
(a) in the case of a judge, by an amount which bears the same proportion to one-twentieth of his remuneration as the day or number of days aforesaid bears to one year, and
(b) in the case of a justice, other than a justice referred to in paragraph (c) of this subsection, by an amount which bears the same proportion to one-thirtieth of his remuneration as the day or number of days aforesaid bears to one year, and
(c) in the case of a justice to whom paragraph 10 of the Second Schedule to the Principal Act applies, by an amount which bears the same proportion to one-fortieth of his remuneration as the day or number of days aforesaid bears to one year.
(2) Where a person who holds the office of Master of the High Court, Taxing Master or county registrar has, upon ceasing to hold office on or after the coming into operation of this section, completed five or more years of service in one or more of the said offices (but less than 20 years of such service) and his service comprises a day or days in addition to a number of completed years, the pension payable to such person pursuant to section 57 of the Principal Act shall be increased by an amount which bears the same proportion to one-thirtieth of his remuneration as the day or number of days aforesaid bears to one year.
Sch. 2, Part I
Part I
Pensions of Judges of Supreme Court and High Court
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C50
Application of schedule modified (29.04.2002) by Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 (15/2002), s. 29, S.I. No. 176 of 2002.
Amendment in specified case of Part I of Second Schedule to Act of 1961.
29.—Where a judge of the High Court who was appointed on 20 December 1990 vacated his office on 30 November 2001, he shall be deemed for the purposes of Part I of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1961 to have vacated his office after 15 years of service.
C51
Application of schedule modified (28.06.2000) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2000 (15/2000), s. 1, commenced on enactment.
Amendment in specified case of Part I of Second Schedule to Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961.
1.—Where a judge of the High Court who was appointed on the 1st day of October, 1991, vacates his office on the 9th day of July 2000, he shall be deemed for the purposes of Part I of the Second Schedule to the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, to have vacated his office after 15 years' service.
C52
Application of schedule modified (13.03.1968) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1968 (3/1968), s. 1, commenced on enactment.
Amendment in specified case of Part I of Second Schedule to Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961.
1.—Where a judge of the Supreme Court who was appointed on the 6th day of October, 1966, vacates his office on the 26th day of March 1978, he shall be deemed for the purposes of Part I of the Second Schedule to the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, to have vacated his office after fifteen years' service.
1. In this Part “service” means service as a judge of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Circuit Court, the existing Supreme Court, the existing High Court or the existing Circuit Court.
2. (1) This paragraph applies to a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court who—
(a) was appointed a judge of the existing Supreme Court or the existing High Court after the passing of the Act of 1953, or
(b) never held office as a judge of the existing Supreme Court or the existing High Court.
(2) There shall be granted to a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, having reached the age of sixty-five years, vacates his office after fifteen years' service or upwards a pension for life of two-thirds of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office.
(3) There shall be granted to a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to age or permanent infirmity, vacates his office after five years' service or upwards a pension for life of one-sixth of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office with the addition of one-twentieth of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of five, subject to a maximum pension of two-thirds of such remuneration.
3. (1) This paragraph applies to a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court who held office as a judge of the existing Supreme Court or the existing High Court on the passing of the Act of 1953.
(2) There shall be granted to a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court to whom this paragraph applies and who vacates his office after fifteen years' service or upwards a pension for life of two-thirds of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office.
(3) There shall be granted to a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to age or permanent infirmity, vacates his office after five years' service or upwards and less than fifteen years' service a pension for life of one-sixth of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office with the addition of one-twentieth of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of five.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C53
Para. 2 construed (1.08.2008) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (14/2008), s. 11, S.I. No. 274 of 2008, art. 3(2).
Modification of pension provisions of Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 as applied to certain Supreme Court judges and High Court judges.
11.— In the case of a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court who is serving as such on or after 2 June 2002, paragraph 2 of Part I of the Second Schedule to the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 shall have effect as if the following subparagraphs were substituted for subparagraph (3) of that paragraph:
“(3) There shall be granted to a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to age, vacates his or her office after 2 years or more of service a pension for life of one-fortieth of his or her remuneration at the time of such vacation of office for each of the first 5 years of service with the addition of three-eightieths of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of 5 years of service, subject to a maximum pension of one-half of such remuneration.
(4) There shall be granted to a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to permanent infirmity, vacates his or her office after 5 years or more of service a pension for life of one-fortieth of his or her remuneration at the time of such vacation of office for each of the first 5 years of service with the addition of three-eightieths of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of 5 years of service, subject to a maximum pension of one-half of such remuneration.”
C54
Para. 2 construed (19.12.1996) by Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 (5/1998), s. 24, in operation as per s. 31.
Modification of pension provisions of Principal Act as applied to certain Supreme Court judges and High Court judges.
24.—In the case of a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court who is serving as such on or after the 19th day of December 1996, paragraph 2 of Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the Principal Act shall have effect as if the following subparagraphs were substituted for subparagraphs (2) and (3) of that paragraph:
“(2) There shall be granted to a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, having reached the age of 65 years, vacates his office after 15 years or more of service a pension for life of one-half of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office.
(3) There shall be granted to a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to age or permanent infirmity, vacates his office after 5 years or more of service a pension for life of one-eighth of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office with the addition of three-eightieths of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of five, subject to a maximum pension of one-half of such remuneration.”
C55
Definition of service construed (1.08.1978) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1991 (23/1991), s. 2(a), in operation as per s. 10(1), as amended (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 17(b), S.I. No. 479 of 2014.
2.—In the Second Schedule to the Principal Act the definition of “service”—
(a) in paragraph 1 shall, in the case of a judge of the Supreme Court [, the Court of Appeal] or High Court who vacates his office on or after the coming into operation of this section, be construed as including any period during which he acted as a judge of the Circuit Court under section 14 of the Act of 1936 (which provides for the temporary appointment of persons to act as Circuit Court judges);
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Sch. 2, Part II
Part II
Pensions of Judges of Circuit Court
4. In this Part “service” means service as a judge of the Circuit Court or the existing Circuit Court or as a justice of the District Court or the existing District Court.
5. (1) This paragraph applies to a judge of the Circuit Court who—
(a) was appointed a judge of the existing Circuit Court after the passing of the Act of 1953, or
(b) never held office as a judge of the existing Circuit Court.
(2) There shall be granted to a judge of the Circuit Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, having reached the age of sixty-five years, vacates his office after fifteen years' service or upwards a pension for life of two-thirds of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office.
(3) There shall be granted to a judge of the Circuit Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to age or permanent infirmity, vacates his office after five years' service or upwards a pension for life of one-sixth of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office with the addition of one-twentieth of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of five, subject to a maximum pension of two-thirds of such remuneration.
6. (1) This paragraph applies to a judge of the Circuit Court who held office as a judge of the existing Circuit Court on the passing of the Act of 1953.
(2) There shall be granted to a judge of the Circuit Court to whom this paragraph applies and who vacates his office after fifteen years' service or upwards a pension for life of two-thirds of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office.
(3) There shall be granted to a judge of the Circuit Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to age or permanent infirmity, vacates his office after five years' service or upwards and less than fifteen years' service a pension for life of one-sixth of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office with the addition of one-twentieth of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of five.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C56
Para. 5 construed (1.08.2008) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (14/2008), s. 12, S.I. No. 274 of 2008, art. 3(2).
Modification of pension provisions of Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 as applied to certain Circuit Court judges.
12.— In the case of a judge of the Circuit Court who is serving as such on or after 2 June 2002, paragraph 5 of Part II of the Second Schedule to the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 shall have effect as if the following subparagraphs were substituted for subparagraph (3) of that paragraph:
“(3) There shall be granted to a judge of the Circuit Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to age, vacates his or her office after 2 years or more of service a pension for life of one-fortieth of his or her remuneration at the time of such vacation of office for each of the first 5 years of service with the addition of three-eightieths of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of 5 years of service, subject to a maximum pension of one-half of such remuneration.
(4) There shall be granted to a judge of the Circuit Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to permanent infirmity, vacates his or her office after 5 years or more of service a pension for life of one-fortieth of his or her remuneration at the time of such vacation of office for each of the first 5 years of service with the addition of three-eightieths of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of 5 years of service, subject to a maximum pension of one-half of such remuneration.”.
C57
Para. 5 construed (19.12.1996, deemed) by Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 (5/1998), s. 25, in operation as per s. 31.
Modification of pension provisions of Principal Act as applied to certain Circuit Court judges.
25.—In the case of a judge of the Circuit Court who is serving as such on or after the 19th day of December, 1996, paragraph 5 of Part II of the Second Schedule to the Principal Act shall have effect as if the following subparagraphs were substituted for subparagraphs (2) and (3) of that paragraph:
“(2) There shall be granted to a judge of the Circuit Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, having reached the age of 65 years, vacates his office after 15 years or more of service a pension for life of one-half of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office.
(3) There shall be granted to a judge of the Circuit Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to age or permanent infirmity, vacates his office after five years or more of service a pension for life of one-eighth of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office with the addition of three-eightieths of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of five, subject to a maximum pension of one-half of such remuneration.”.
C58
Definition of service construed (1.08.1978) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1991 (23/1991), s. 2(b), in operation as per s. 10(1).
2.—In the Second Schedule to the Principal Act the definition of “service”—
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(b) in paragraph 4 shall, in the case of a judge of the Circuit Court who vacates his office on or after the coming into operation of this section, be construed as including any period during which he acted as a judge of the Circuit Court under the said section 14; and
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Sch. 2, Part III
Part III
Pensions of Justices of District Court
7. In this Part—
“justice”, where used without qualification, means a justice of the District Court;
“service”, in relation to a justice, means any service by him, being—
(a) service as a District Justice under the District Justices (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923,
(b) service as a justice of the existing District Court,
F101[(bb) service as a county registrar (being service which was continuous with subsequent service as a justice or as a temporary district justice and being service in respect of which the person concerned was remunerated, exclusive of any period during which he was absent on account of illness and was remunerated at a rate determined by reference to the rate which would be appropriate if he were on pension),]
(c) service as an additional justice, appointed under section 13 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1928, of the existing District Court, or
(d) service as a justice;
“the Superannuation Acts” means the Superannuation Act, 1834, as amended and extended by subsequent enactments, other than the Superannuation Act, 1956.
8. (1) This paragraph applies to a justice who—
(a) was appointed a justice of the existing District Court on or after the passing of the Act of 1936, or
(b) never held office as a justice of the existing District Court.
(2) There shall be granted to a justice to whom this paragraph applies and who, having reached the age of sixty-five years, vacates his office after twenty years' service or upwards a pension for life of two-thirds of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office.
(3) There shall be granted to a justice to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to age or permanent infirmity, vacates his office after five years' service or upwards a pension for life of one-sixth of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office with the addition of one-thirtieth of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of five, subject to a maximum pension of two-thirds of such remuneration.
9. (1) This paragraph applies to a justice who held office as a justice of the existing District Court on the passing of the Act of 1936.
(2) Unless and until he makes the election provided for in subparagraph (3) of this paragraph, the following provisions shall apply to a justice to whom this paragraph applies, namely, his office shall be a pensionable office within the meaning of the Superannuation Acts, and the superannuation allowance, additional allowance or gratuity granted to or in respect of him on the vacation of his office shall be ascertained in the manner and subject to the conditions prescribed by those Acts, and a certificate by the Chief Justice shall be a sufficient certificate for the purposes of section 8 of the Superannuation Act, 1859.
(3) A justice to whom this paragraph applies may, by notice in writing sent to the Minister for Finance at any time before he vacates his office, elect to accept the pension terms provided by this subparagraph, and in that case the following provisions shall apply to him—
(a) there shall be granted to him, if he vacates his office after thirty years' service or upwards, a pension for life of two-thirds of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office;
(b) there shall be granted to him, if, owing to age or permanent infirmity, he vacates his office after ten years' service or upwards and less than thirty years' service, a pension for life of one-sixth of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office with the addition of one-fortieth of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of ten.
10. Where—
(a) a justice, having completed ten years' service or upwards, vacates his office with the consent of the Government, and
(b) such justice is not entitled under paragraphs 8 or 9 of this Schedule to a pension in respect of his service,
he shall be entitled to a pension for life of one-sixth of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office with the addition of one-fortieth of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of ten, subject to a maximum pension of two-thirds of such remuneration.
Annotations
Amendments:
F101
Inserted (30.07.1963) by Superannuation and Pensions Act 1963 (24/1963), s. 33, commenced on enactment.
Modifications (not altering text):
C59
Para. 8 construed (1.08.2008) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (14/2008), s. 13, S.I. No. 274 of 2008, art. 3(2).
Modification of pension provisions of Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 as applied to certain District Court judges.
13.— In the case of a judge of the District Court who is serving as such on or after 2 June 2002, paragraph 8 of Part III of the Second Schedule to the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 shall have effect as if the following subparagraphs were substituted for subparagraph (3) of that paragraph:
“(3) There shall be granted to a judge of the District Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to age, vacates his or her office after 2 years or more of service a pension for life of one-fortieth of his or her remuneration at the time of such vacation of office for each of the first 5 years of service with the addition of one-fortieth of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of 5 years of service, subject to a maximum pension of one-half of such remuneration.
(4) There shall be granted to a judge of the District Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to permanent infirmity, vacates his or her office after 5 years or more of service a pension for life of one-fortieth of his or her remuneration at the time of such vacation of office for each of the first 5 years of service with the addition of one-fortieth of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of 5 years of service, subject to a maximum pension of one-half of such remuneration.”.
C60
Paras. 8, 10 construed (19.12.1996, deemed) by Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 (5/1998), s. 26, in operation as per s. 31.
Modification of pension provisions of Principal Act as applied to certain District Court judges.
26.—In the case of a judge of the District Court who is serving as such on or after the 19th day of December, 1996—
(a) paragraph 8 of Part III of the Second Schedule to the Principal Act shall have effect as if the following subparagraphs were substituted for subparagraphs (2) and (3) of that paragraph:
“(2) There shall be granted to a judge of the District Court to whom this paragraph applies and who having reached the age of 65 years, vacates his office after 20 years or more of service a pension for life of one-half of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office.
(3) There shall be granted to a judge of the District Court to whom this paragraph applies and who, owing to age or permanent infirmity, vacates his office after five years or more of service a pension for life of one-eighth of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office with the addition of one-fortieth of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of five, subject to a maximum pension of one-half of such remuneration.”,
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(b) paragraph 10 of Part III of the Second Schedule to the Principal Act shall have effect as if the words “a pension for life of one-eighth of his remuneration at the time of such vacation of office with the addition of 3/160ths of such remuneration for every completed year of service in excess of ten, subject to a maximum pension of one-half of such remuneration.” were substituted for everything after “he shall be entitled to”.
C61
Definition of service construed (1.08.1978) by Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1991 (23/1991), s. 2(c), in operation as per s. 10(1).
2.—In the Second Schedule to the Principal Act the definition of “service”—
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(c) in paragraph 7 shall, in the case of a justice who vacates his office on or after the coming into operation of this section, be construed as including any period during which he acted as a justice of the District Court under section 51 of the Act of 1936 (which provides for the temporary appointment of persons to act as justices of the District Court).
Schedule 3
THIRD SCHEDULE
Civil Proceedings In Respect Of Which The Jurisdiction Of The High Court Is, With Quantitative Limitations, Conferred On The Circuit Court, And Judges Of The Circuit Court By Whom The Jurisdiction Is To Be Exercised
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Civil proceedings in respect of which jurisdiction is conferred on the Circuit Court |
Exclusion of jurisdiction (except by consent of necessary parties) in certain cases |
Judge of Circuit Court by whom jurisdiction is to be exercised |
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(3) |
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An action (other than an action of the kind specified in column (2) of this Schedule at reference number 3, 4 or 5) founded on contract or quasi-contract. |
Where the amount of the claim exceeds F102[€75,000] |
At the election of the plaintiff (whether the claim be to enforce, rescind, dissolve or annul the contract or for damages or other relief for the breach thereof)— (a) the judge of the circuit within which the contract was made, or (b) the judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business. |
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2. |
An action (other than an action of the kind specified in column (2) of this Schedule at reference number 3, 4 or 5) founded on contract where the debt or demand claimed consists of a balance after a set-off of any debt or demand claimed or recoverable by the defendant from the plaintiff, being a set-off admitted by the plaintiff in the particulars of his claim or demand. |
Where the amount of the balance claimed exceeds F102[€75,000] |
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3. |
An action by the owner of goods let under a hire-purchase agreement (within the meaning of the F102[Consumer Credit Act 1995 or to which section 17(2) of that Act refers]) to enforce a right to recover possession of the goods from the hirer. |
Where the hire-purchase price (within the meaning of F102[the said Act]) exceeds F102[€75,000] Where the amount of the claim exceeds F102[€75,000.] |
In case the defendant or one of the defendants ordinarily resides or carries on business in the State—the judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business. In any other case—the judge of the circuit within which the hire-purchase agreement was made. |
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4. |
An action by the owner of goods let under a hire-purchase agreement (within the meaning of the F102[Consumer Credit Act 1995 or to which section 17(2) of that Act refers]) to enforce payment of a sum due under the hire-purchase agreement or under any contract of guarantee relating thereto. |
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An action commenced after the commencement of the Act founded on a credit-sale agree ment (within the meaning of the F102[ Consumer Credit Act 1995 or to which section 17(2) of that Act refers]). |
Where the amount of the claim exceeds F102[€75,000]. |
In case the defendant or one of the defendants ordinarily resides or carries on business in the State—the judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business. In any other case—the judge of the circuit within which the credit-sale agreement was made. |
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6. |
An action (other than F104[…] an action for wrongful detention or matrimonial proceedings) founded on tort (other than criminal conversation with a man's wife). |
F102[Where— (a) in a personal injuries action, within the meaning of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004, the amount of the claim exceeds €60,000, or (b) in an action that is not an action referred to in paragraph (a), the amount of the claim exceeds €75,000.] |
At the election of the plaintiff— (a) the judge of the circuit where the tort is alleged to have been committed, or (b) the judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business. |
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7. |
An action for wrongful detention. |
Where the value of the goods claimed exceeds F102[€75,000]. |
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F103[7A. ] |
F104[…] |
F104[…] |
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8. |
An action in which the title to land comes into question, other than an action of ejectment. |
Where the F105[market value] of the land exceeds F105[€3,000,000]. |
The judge of the circuit where the land or any part of the land is situate. |
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9. |
An action of ejectment other than— (a) an action under section 82 of the Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act, 1851, or under section 78 of 80 of the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland, 1860 (hereinafter in this Schedule referred to as the Act of 1860), or (b) an action of the kind specified in column (2) of this Schedule at reference number 10. |
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An action of ejectment for a year's rent in arrear maintainable in the High Court under section 52 of the Act of 1860. |
Where the F105[market value] of the land exceeds F105[€3,000,000]. |
The judge of the circuit where the land in respect of which the rent in arrear is payable or any part of that land is situate. |
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11. |
An action for rent in arrear maintainable in the High Court under section 45 of the Act of 1860. |
Where the rent in arrear exceeds F102[€75,000] |
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12. |
An action for use and occupation of land maintainable in the High Court under section 46 of the Act of 1860. |
Where the amount claimed exceeds F102[€75,000] |
The judge of the circuit where the land or any part of the land is situate. |
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13. |
An action for double rent for overhold-ing land maintainable in the High Court under section 76 of the Act of 1860. |
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An action to recover double the value of goods fraudulently carried off or concealed or clandestinely removed to prevent distress for arrears of rent and maintainable in the High Court under section 3 of the pre-Union Irish statute 15 Geo. 2. c. 8 (Ir.) (1741) entitled “An Act for the more effectual securing the payment of rents, and preventing frauds by tenants”. |
Where the value of the goods removed exceeds F102[€75,000] |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business. |
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15. |
An application under—(a) section 34 or 52 of the Registration of Title Act, 1891, or (b) section 13 of the Registration of Title Act, 1942 (No. 26 of 1942). |
Where the F105[market value] of the land exceeds F105[€3,000,000]. |
The judge of the Circuit where the land or any part of the land is situate. |
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16. |
F106[…] |
F106[…] |
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17. |
F106[…] |
F106[…] |
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18. |
Proceedings for the dissolution of a partnership or the taking of partnership or other accounts. |
Where the property of the partnership— (a) F107[…] (b) in so far as it consists of land, exceeds the F105[market value] of F105[€3,000,000]. |
At the election of the plaintiff— (a) the judge of the circuit where the partnership business was or is carried on, or (b) the judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business. |
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19. |
Proceedings for any of the following purposes— (a) the redemption of mortgages on land, (b) the raising of portions or other charges on land, (c) the sale and distribution of the proceeds of any land subject to any mortgage, lien or charge. F108[(d) applications under sections 94, 97 (except where the property concerned is subject to a housing loan mortgage), 100 (except where the property concerned is subject to a housing loan mortgage) and 117 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009] |
Where the F105[market value] of the land exceeds F105[€3,000,000]. |
The judge of the circuit where the land or any part of the land is situate. |
|
20. |
Proceedings for the execution of trusts, charitable or private. |
Where— (a) F107[…] (b) the trust estate, in so far as it consists of land, exceeds the F105[market value] of F105[€3,000,000]. |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business. |
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21. |
Proceedings for the rectification or setting aside or cancellation of deeds or other written instruments. |
Where the subject matter— (a) F107[…] (b) in so far as it consists of land, exceeds the F105[market value] of F105[€3,000,000]. |
Where the subject matter consists entirely of personalty, the judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business. Where the subject matter consists in whole or in part of land, at the option of the plaintiff— (a) the judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business, or (b) the judge of the circuit where the land or any part of the land is situate. |
|
22. |
Proeedings for specific performance of contracts F108[and under section 55 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009]. |
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23. |
F108[Proceedings under sections 31, 35, 50, 68, and 84 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009]. |
Where the F105[market value] of the land exceeds F105[€3,000,000]. |
The judge of the circuit where the land or any part of the land is situate. |
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24. |
Proceedings for the wardship of infants and the care of infants' estates. |
Where the property— (a) F107[…] (b) in so far as it consists of land, exceeds the F105[market value] of F105[€3,000,000]. |
The judge of the circuit where the infant or one of the infants resides. |
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25. |
Proceedings under the Settled Land Acts, 1882 to 1890. |
Where the property— (a) F107[…] (b) in so far as it consists of land, exceeds the F105[market value] of F105[€3,000,000]. |
The judge of the circuit where the land or the land (represented by the capital money) or any part of the land is situate. |
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26. |
Proceedings under F108[Parts 4 and 5 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 and] the Trustee Acts, namely, the Trustee Act, 1893, the Trustee Act, 1893, Amendment Act, 1894, and the Trustee Act, 1931 (No. 20 of 1931). |
Where the trust property— (a) F107[…] (b) in so far as it consists of land, exceeds the F105[market value] of F105[€3,000,000]. |
The judge of the circuit where the applicant or one of the applicants resides. |
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27. |
An action (in relation to property) claiming an injunction, otherwise than as ancillary to other relief. |
Where the property— (a) F107[…] (b) in so far as it consists of land, exceeds the F105[market value] of F105[€3,000,000]. |
Where the property consists only of personalty, the judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business. Where the property consists of land, at the option of the plaintiff— (a) the judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business, or (b) the judge of the circuit where the land or any part of the land is situate. |
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28. |
Proceedings in relation to property not hereinbefore specified in this Schedule and which immediately before the commencement of Part I of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10 of 1924), were assigned to the Chancery Division of the former High Court of Justice in Southern Ireland, other than proceedings in relation to companies. |
Where the property— (a) F107[…] (b) in so far as it consists of land, exceeds the F105[market value] of F105[€3,000,000]. |
Where the proceedings are in a cause, the judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business. Where the proceedings are in a matter and any land is involved, at the option of the applicant— (a) the judge of the circuit where the applicant resides or carries on business, or (b) the judge of the circuit where the land or any part of the land is situate. Where the proceedings are in a matter, and no land is involved, the judge of the circuit where the applicant resides or carries on business. |
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29. |
Proceedings F109[…] by any person, including a State authority, to recover any sum (including a sum recoverable by way of debt, penalty, forfeiture or otherwise, but excluding a fine to which a person is liable on conviction of a criminal offence) recoverable by virtue of any enactment, other than an enactment set out in the Fourth Schedule to this Act. |
Where the amount due or recoverable exceeds F102[€75,000] |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business. |
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F110[30. |
An intellectual property claim within the meaning of section 2 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000. |
Where the amount of the claim exceeds €75,000. |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business.] |
Annotations
Amendments:
F102
Substituted (3.02.2014) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (32/2013), ss. 17(b)(i)-(vi), S.I. No. 566 of 2013.
F103
Inserted (1.01.2010) by Defamation Act 2009 (31/2009), s. 41(b), S.I. No. 517 of 2009.
F104
Deleted (3.02.2014) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (32/2013), s. 17(b)(iv)(I), (v), S.I. No. 566 of 2013.
F105
Substituted (11.01.2017) by Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (31/2004), s. 45(2)(a), (b), S.I. No. 2 of 2017.
F106
Repealed (1.01.1967) by Succession Act 1965 (27/1965), s. 8 and sch. 2 part IV, S.I. No. 168 of 1966.
F107
Deleted (12.05.1982) by Courts Act 1981 (11/1981), s. 2(1)(a), in operation as per s.33(3).
F108
Inserted and substituted (1.12.2009) by Land And Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (28/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009.
F109
Deleted (10.04.2023) by Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022 (33/2022), s. 29, S.I. No. 163 of 2023, in operation as per art. 2.
F110
Inserted (2.12.2019) by Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (19/2019), s. 41, S.I. No. 586 of 2019, in operation as per art. 2.
Editorial Notes:
E780
Previous affecting provision: schedule ref. no. 7A amended (1.01.2010) by Defamation Act 2009 (31/2009), s. 41(a), S.I. No. 517 of 2009; deleted (3.02.2014) as per F-note above.
E781
Previous affecting provision: schedule ref. no. 14 amended by Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 (15/2002), s. 15, not commenced; superseded (3.02.2014) as per F-note above.
E782
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended (15.08.1991) by Courts Act 1991 (20/1991), s. 2(1)(a), (b), in operation as per s. 23(3); superseded (3.02.2014) as per F-note above.
E783
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended (12.05.1982) by Courts Act 1981 (11/1981), ss. 2(1)(b)-(d), in operation as per s. 33(3); superseded (15.08.1004) as per E-note above.
E784
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended (1.03.1972) by Courts Act 1971 (36/1971), ss. 2(1)(a)-(d), in operation as per s. 25(4); superseded (12.05.1982) as per E-note above.
Schedule 4
FOURTH SCHEDULE
Jurisdiction of the Circuit Court under certain British statutes and Saorstát éireann statutes, and judges of the Circuit Court by whom the jurisdiction is to be exercised
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Ref. No. |
Enactments conferring jurisdiction on former Recorders, County Court Judges, Chairmen of Quarter Sessions, or Courts of Quarter Sessions |
Judge of Circuit Court by whom jurisdiction is to be exercised |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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1. |
Excise Management Act, 1827 (7 and 8 Geo. 4. c. 53)—section 82. |
The judge of the circuit in which is situate the courthouse in which the judgment appealed against was given. |
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2. |
Grand Jury (Ireland) Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 116)— section 87. |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant resides. |
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3. |
Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vic. c. 56)— sections 73 and 78. |
The judge of the circuit where the person liable to pay the rate resides. |
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4. |
Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vic. c. 56)— sections 106 to 109 and section 112. |
The judge of the circuit where the rate was made. |
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5. |
Drainage (Ireland) Act, 1842 (5 & 6 Vic. c. 89)— section 58. |
The judge of the circuit where any part of the drain, stream or rivulet required to be cleaned or scoured is situate. |
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6. |
Scientific Societies Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vic. c. 36)— sections 5 and 6. |
The judge of the circuit where the land or buildings of the society are situate. |
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7. |
Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vic. c. 92)— sections 2 and 3. |
The judge of the circuit where the property is situate. |
|
8. |
County Dublin Grand Jury Act, 1844 (7 & 8 Vic. c. 106)— section 110. |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant resides. |
|
9. |
Drainage (Ireland) Act, 1846 (9 & 10 Vic. c. 4)— section 42 (so far as the section relates to the recovery of costs and expenses of cleaning, scouring out and removal of accumulated matter from aqueducts, culverts or tunnels under canals). |
The judge of the circuit where the aqueduct, culvert or tunnel is situate. |
|
10. |
Drainage (Ireland) Act, 1846 (9 & 10 Vic. c. 4)— section 42 (so far as the section relates to the recovery by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland of the costs and expenses of altering aqueducts, culverts, or tunnels under canals so as to prevent injury to lands). |
The judge of the circuit where the lands are situate. |
|
11. |
Ejectment and Distress (Ireland) Act, 1846 (9 & 10 Vic. c. 111)— section 8. |
The judge of the circuit in which is situate the courthouse in which the order or decree for recovery of possession was made. |
|
12. |
Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vic. c. 32)— section 40. |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant resides. |
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13. |
Eviction (Ireland) Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vic. c. 47)— section 6. |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant resides. |
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14. |
Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1849 (12 & 13 Vic. c. 104)— section 29. |
The judge of the Circuit Court before whom the legal proceedings are pending. |
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15. |
Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vic. c. 57)—proviso to section 35. |
The judge of the Circuit Court before whom the case is heard and determined. |
|
16. |
Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vic. c. 57)— sections 38 and 39. |
The judge of the circuit where the land distrained or threatened to be distrained is situate. |
|
17. |
Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vic. c. 57)— section 82. |
The judge of the circuit where the land is situate. |
|
18. |
Valuation (Ireland) Act, 1852 (15 & 16 Vic. c. 63)— sections 16, 22, 23 and 31. |
The judge of the circuit where the tenement or rateable hereditament is situate; or, in the case of an incorporeal hereditament, the j udge of the circuit where the property or any part of the property to, out of or in respect of which the incorporeal hereditament is annexed, arises, issues or is exercisable is situate; or, in the case of a half-rent, the judge of the circuit where the property in respect of which the half-rent is determined is situate. |
|
19 |
Succession Duty Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vic. c. 51)— section 50. |
At the election of the appellant— (a) the judge of the circuit where the appellant resides, or (b) the judge of the circuit where the property is situate. |
|
20. |
Boundary Survey (Ireland) Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vic. c. 17)— section 9. |
The judge of the circuit where the boundary line or any part thereof is situate. |
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21. |
Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 (17 and 18 Vic. c. 103)— section 41. |
The judge of the circuit where the works to be constructed are situate. |
|
22. |
Literary and Scientific Institutions Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vic. c. 112)— sections 29 and 30. |
The judge of the circuit where the principal building of the institution is situate. |
|
23. |
Drainage (Ireland) Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vic. c. 62)— section 39. |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant resides. |
|
24. |
Boundary Survey (Ireland) Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vic. c. 45)— section 5. |
The judge of the circuit where the boundary line or any part thereof is situate. |
|
25. |
Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland, 1860 (23 & 24 Vic. c. 154) (hereinafter in this Schedule referred to as the Act of 1860)— sections 30 and 31. |
At the election of the landlord— (a) the judge of the circuit where the tenant resides, or (b) the judge of the circuit where the land or any part of the land is situate. |
|
26. |
The Act of 1860— sections 32 and 33. |
The judge of the circuit where the land or any part of the land is situate. |
|
27 |
The Act of 1860— section 37. |
The judge of the circuit where the land in relation to which the precept, order or conviction was made is situate. |
|
28. |
The Act of 1860— section 38. |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant resides. |
|
29 |
The Act of 1860— sections 61, 63, 71, 78, 80, 82 and 95. |
The judge of the circuit where the land or any part of the land is situate. |
|
30. |
Valuation (Ireland) Act, 1864 (27 & 28 Vic. c. 52)— sections 1 and 3. |
The judge of the circuit where the tenement or rateable hereditament is situate; or, in the case of an incorporeal hereditament, the judge of the circuit where the property or any part of the property to, out of or in respect of which the incorporeal hereditament is annexed, arises, issues or is exercisable is situate; or, in the case of a half-rent, the judge of the circuit where the property in respect of which the half-rent is determined is situate. |
|
31. |
Attorneys' and Solicitors' Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vic. c. 28)— section 8. |
At the option of the person seeking to enforce or set aside the agreement— (a) the judge of the circuit where the other party to the agreement resides, or (b) the judge of the circuit where the agreement was made. |
|
32. |
Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vic. c. 46)— Part I. |
The judge of the circuit where the matter requiring the cognizance of the Court arises. |
|
33. |
Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vic. c. 46)—sections 42, 43, 44, 47 and 56. |
The judge of the circuit where the holding in respect of which the charging order is sought or any part of that holding is situate. |
|
34. |
Charitable Donations and Bequests (Ireland) Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vic. c. 102)— sections 8 and 16. |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant resides. |
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35. |
Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vic. c. 58)— sections 81 and 82. |
The judge of the circuit where the debtor had a fixed abode at the time of adjudication of bankruptcy. |
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36. |
Building Societies Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vic. c. 42)— sections 24, 34, 35 and 36. |
The judge of the circuit where the building society has its chief office or place of meeting for the business of the society. |
|
37. |
Hosiery Manufacture (Wages) Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vic. c. 48)— sections 3 and 4. |
The judge of the circuit where the offence was committed. |
|
38. |
Employers and Workmen Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vic. c. 90)— sections 3 and 8. |
The judge of the Circuit Court before whom the proceedings are pending. |
|
39. |
Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vic. c. 75)— section 10. |
The judge of the circuit where the offence was committed. |
|
40. |
County Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act, 1877 (40 & 41 Vic. c. 56)— sections 41 and 47. |
The judge of the Circuit Court before whom the proceedings are pending. |
|
41. |
Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vic. c. 52)— sections 120, 122 and 260. |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant resides. |
|
42. |
Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vic. c. 52)— section 269. |
The judge of the circuit where the cause of appeal has arisen. |
|
43. |
Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vic. c. 11)— section 10. |
The judge of the Circuit Court before whom the proceedings are pending. |
|
44. |
Inland Revenue Act, 1880 (43 & 44 Vic. c. 20)— section 43 (7). |
The judge of the circuit where the premises are situate. |
|
45. |
F111[…] |
F111[…] |
|
46. |
Partnership Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vic. c. 39). |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant resides. |
|
47. |
Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vic. c. 59)— section 7 (1). |
The judge of the circuit where the functional area of the local authority is situate. |
|
48. |
Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vic. c. 39)— sections 23 and 48. |
At the option of the society— (a) the judge of the circuit where the registered office of the society is situate, or (b) the judge of the circuit where the defendant resides. |
|
49. |
Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vic. c. 39)— section 49. |
The judge of the circuit where the registered office of the society is situate. |
|
50. |
Finance Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vic. c. 30)— section 10 (5). |
At the option of the appellant— (a) the judge of the circuit where the appellant resides, or (b) the judge of the circuit where the property in respect of which the dispute arises is situate. |
|
51. |
Friendly Societies Act, 1896 (59 & 60 Vic. c. 25)— sections 31 and 55. |
The judge of the circuit where the defendant resides. |
|
52. |
Friendly Societies Act, 1896 (59 & 60 Vic. c. 25)— sections 68, 70 and 78. |
The judge of the circuit where the registered office of the society is situate. |
|
53. |
F112[…] |
F112[…] |
|
54. |
Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899 (62 & 63 Vic. c. 44)— section 5 (2) and (5), as applied to Ireland by section 14 (2). |
The judge of the circuit where the house is situate. |
|
55. |
Alkali, Etc. Works Regulation Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7. c. 14)— section 17. |
The judge of the circuit where the offence was committed. |
|
56. |
Open Spaces Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7. c. 25)— section 4. |
The judge of the circuit where the whole or any part of the open space is situate. |
|
57. |
Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7. c. 37)— section 6. |
The judge of the circuit where the land comprised in the improvement scheme is situate. |
|
58. |
Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7. c. 37)— section 11. |
The judge of the circuit where the land in respect of which the sum was paid as purchase money or compensation under paragraph (1) of the said section 11 is situate. |
|
59 |
Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7. c. 58)— Second Schedule. |
The judge of the Circuit Court before whom the proceedings are pending. |
|
60. |
Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c. 53)— section 7 (1). |
The judge of the circuit where the functional area of the local authority is situate. |
|
61. |
Children Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 67)— section 58 (2). |
The judge of the Circuit Court before whom the child is charged. |
|
62. |
Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. 8)— section 33 (4). |
At the option of the appellant— (a) the judge of the circuit where the appellant resides, or (b) the judge of the circuit where the property is situate. |
|
63. |
Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 19)— section 6. |
The judge of the circuit where the land, in respect of which the purchase money or compensation is payable, is situate. |
|
64. |
Public Roads (Ireland) Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 45)— section 1 (4). |
At the election of the plaintiff— (a) the judge of the circuit where the damage was done, or (b) the judge of the circuit where the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business. |
|
65. |
Pilotage Act, 1913 (2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 31)— section 28. |
The judge of the circuit where the port for which the pilot is licensed is situate. |
|
66. |
Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 58)— section 10. |
The judge of the circuit in which is situate the courthouse in which the offender was summarily convicted. |
|
67. |
F113[…] |
F113[…] |
|
68. |
Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 45)— section 12. |
The judge of the circuit where the land in respect of which the purchase money or compensation is payable is situate. |
|
69. |
Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 45)— section 25. |
The judge of the circuit where the land is situate. |
|
70. |
Sheriffs (Ireland) Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 26)— section 7. |
The judge of the circuit where the seizure was made. |
|
71. |
Electoral Act, 1923 (No. 12 of 1923)— |
The judge of the circuit where the registration area of the registration officer concerned is situate. |
|
72. |
The judge of the circuit where the land is situate. |
Annotations
Amendments:
F111
Deleted (12.05.1981) by Courts Act 1981 (11/1981), s. 32 and sch., commenced on enactment.
F112
Repealed (6.11.1981) by Malicious Injuries Act 1981 (9/1981), s. 4 and sch., in operation as per s. 1(2).
F113
Repealed (6.04.1963) by Finance Act 1963 (23/1963), s. 104(2)(a) and sch. 6 part 2, in operation as per s. 104(2)(b).
Editorial Notes:
E785
Previous affecting provision: ref. no. 45 amended (25.03.1964) by Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 (7/1964), s. 5(2), commenced on enactment; ref. no. 45 deleted (12.05.1981) as per F-note above.
Schedule 5
FIFTH SCHEDULE
Adaptations (in relation to the Circuit Court and the judges thereof) of certain British statutes relating to former County Courts, Courts of Quarter Sessions and judges thereof
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Session and Chapter |
Short Title |
Adaptation |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
|
7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 53. |
Excise Management Act, 1827. |
The references to the justices of the peace assembled at the general quarter sessions shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court. |
|
6 & 7 Vic. c. 36. |
Scientific Societies Act, 1843. |
In section 2, the references to the recorder or justices shall be construed as references to the judge of the circuit where the land or buildings of the society are situate. |
|
12 & 13 Vic. c. 104. |
Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1849. |
In section 18, the reference to a judgment obtained in any action or suit in a superior court shall be construed as including a reference to a j udgment of the Circuit Court. In section 29, the references to an assistant barrister, the chairman of the sessions of the peace of the county of Dublin or a recorder shall be construed as references to the judge of the Circuit Court before whom the proceedings are pending. |
|
14 & 15Vic. c. 90. |
Fines (Ireland) Act, 1851. |
In section 10, as amended by section 2 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 18), the references to an assistant barrister, recorder of a city or borough and the chairman of quarter sessions for the county of Dublin shall be construed as references to a judge of the Circuit Court. |
|
14 & 15 Vic. c. 93. |
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851. |
In section 34, as amended by section 2 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 18), the first reference to quarter sessions shall be construed as a reference to the Circuit Court. |
|
17 & 18 Vic. c. 103. |
Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854. |
In section 44, the reference to the court of the assistant barrister shall be construed as a reference to the Circuit Court. |
|
23 & 24 Vic. c. 4. |
Annual Revision of Rateable Property (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1860. |
References to the court of quarter sessions shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court. References to the chairman of quarter sessions shall be construed as references to a judge of the Circuit Court. |
|
23 & 24 Vic. c. 154. |
Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland, 1860. |
In section 70, the reference to an assistant barrister shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court. In section 79, the references to the chairman of the county shall be construed as references to the judge of the circuit where the lands or premises to which the certificate of desertion relates or any part thereof are situate. |
|
27 & 28 Vic. c. 52. |
Valuation (Ireland) Act, 1864. |
The references to quarter sessions shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court. |
|
33 & 34 Vic. c. 28. |
Attorneys' and Solicitors' Act, 1870. |
In section 8, the references to fifty pounds shall be construed as references to F114[€75,000]. |
|
33 & 34 Vic. c. 46. |
Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870. |
In sections 59, 60 and 61, the references to the civil bill court of a county shall be construed as references to the judge of the circuit where the county is situate. |
|
34 & 35 Vic. c. 78. |
Regulation of Railways Act, 1871. |
In section 7, the reference to a county court judge shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court. |
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35 & 36 Vic. c. 58. |
Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1872. |
In sections 81 to 86, the references to the chairman of quarter sessions within whose jurisdiction the debtor had a fixed abode at the time of the adjudication of bankruptcy shall be construed as references to the judge of the circuit where the debtor had a fixed abode at the time of the adjudication of bankruptcy. |
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37 & 38 Vic. c. 72. |
Fines (Ireland) Act, 1851, Amendment Act, 1874. |
In section 2, the reference to an assistant barrister, recorder or chairman shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court. |
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38 & 39 Vic. c. 17. |
Explosives Act, 1875. |
In section 66, the reference to a county court judge shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court. |
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38 & 39 Vic. c. 90. |
Employers and Workmen Act, 1875. |
In section 8, the reference to a county court shall be construed as a reference to the Circuit Court. |
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39 & 40 Vic. c. 36. |
Customs Consolidation Act, 1876. |
In the definition (contained in section 284) of “justice”, the reference to a county court judge shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court. |
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40 & 41 Vic. c. 56. |
County Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act, 1877. |
In section 47, the reference to five hundred pounds shall be construed as a reference to two thousand pounds and the reference to thirty pounds as a reference to sixty pounds. |
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41 & 42 Vic. c. 52. |
Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878. |
In section 115, the reference to the court of quarter sessions shall be construed as a reference to the Circuit Court. |
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41 & 42 Vic. c. 76. |
Telegraph Act, 1878. |
In section 4 (including that section as applied by section 4 of the Telegraph Act, 1892 (55 & 56 Vic. c. 49), sections 3 and 5 of the Telegraph (Construction) Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 33), and section 1 of the Telegraph (Construction) Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 40)), the references to the judge of the county court having jurisdiction within the district in which the difference has arisen shall be construed as references to the judge of the circuit where the district is situate. |
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44 & 45 Vic. c. 49. |
Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881. |
In subsection (1) of section 37, the reference to the civil bill court of the county where the matter requiring the cognizance of the court arises shall be construed as a reference to the judge of the circuit where the matter requiring the cognizance of the court arises. |
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56 & 57 Vic. c. 39. |
Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1893. |
In section 61, the reference to the county court of the district where the registered office of the society is situate shall be construed as a reference to the judge of the circuit where the registered office of the society is situate. |
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57 & 58 Vic. c. 60. |
Merchant Shipping Act, 1894. |
In paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section 547, the reference to the recorder or the chairman of quarter sessions shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court. |
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8 Edw. 7. c. 57. |
Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1908. |
In subsection (5) of section 1, the reference to the judge of county courts for the district in which the mine is situate shall be construed as a reference to the judge of the circuit where the mine is situate. |
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8 Edw. 7. c. 67. |
Children Act, 1908. |
In subsection (4) of section 74 and in subsection (2) of section 75, the references to the court of quarter sessions shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court. |
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1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 19. |
Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1911. |
In subsection (1) of section 6 (including that section as applied by section 12 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 45)), the references to the county court shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court, and the reference to one hundred pounds shall be construed as a reference to six hundred pounds. |
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1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 45. |
Public Roads (Ireland) Act, 1911. |
In subsection (4) of section 1, the reference to two hundred and fifty pounds shall be construed as a reference to six hundred pounds. |
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1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 50. |
Coal Mines Act, 1911. |
In section 11 (including that section as applied by section 1 of the Coal Mines Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 22)), the reference to a county court judge shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court. In subsection (3) of section 77, the reference to the judge of the county court for the district in which the mine is situate shall be construed as a reference to the judge of the circuit where the mine is situate. |
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2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 30. |
Trade Union Act, 1913. |
In subsection (2) of section 3, the references to the county court shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court. |
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9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 45. |
Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919. |
In subsection (3) of section 25, the reference to thirty pounds shall be construed as a reference to sixty pounds and the reference to the county court as a reference to the Circuit Court. |
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10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 26. |
Sheriffs (Ireland) Act, 1920. |
In section 7, the references to a civil bill court shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court. |
Annotations
Amendments:
F114
Substituted (3.02.2014) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (32/2013), s. 17(c), S.I. No. 566 of 2013.
Editorial Notes:
E786
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended by Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 (15/2002), s. 13 and sch. 2, not commenced; amendment substituted (3.02.2014) as per F-note above.
E787
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended (15.08.1991) by Courts Act 1991 (20/1991), s. 2(2), in operation as per s. 23(3); amendment substituted (3.02.2014) as per F-note above.
E788
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended (12.05.1982) by Courts Act 1981 (11/1981), s. 2(2), in operation as per s. 33(3); amendment substituted (15.08.1991) as per E-note above.
E789
Previous affecting provision: schedule amended (1.03.1972) by Courts Act 1971 (36/1971), s. 2(2), in operation as per s. 25(4); amendment substituted (15.08.1991) as per E-note above.
Schedule 6
SIXTH SCHEDULE
Assignment of justices of District Court to district court districts
Definitions.
1. In this Schedule—
“district” means a district court district;
“district justice” means a justice of the District Court, but does not include a temporary district justice;
“temporary district justice” means a person appointed under section 51 of the Act of 1936, as applied by section 48 of this Act to act as a district justice.
Permanent assignment of district justices to districts.
2. (1) (a) Where a person is appointed a district justice, then, subject to clause (b) of this subparagraph, the Government, if they think fit, may, upon such appointment, assign him permanently to a particular district.
F115[(b) Where, at the time of the appointment of a person to be a judge of the District Court, there are 34 judges of the District Court not permanently assigned to particular districts, the Government shall assign that person permanently to a particular district.]
(2) Where a district justice is not upon appointment permanently assigned to a particular district, the Government may at any time assign him permanently to a particular district.
(3) A district justice who is permanently assigned to a particular district may, with his consent, be transferred by the Minister to another district and, if he is so transferred, he shall upon such transfer become and be permanently assigned to such other district in lieu of being permanently assigned to such first-mentioned district.
(4) (a) Where a district justice is permanently assigned to a particular district, the Government, at his request, may, if they think fit, terminate his permanent assignment to that district.
(b) Where the permanent assignment of a district justice is terminated under clause (a) of this subparagraph, the Government may at any time thereafter assign him permanently to a particular district.
F116[(5) A person who is to be appointed, or who is appointed, a district judge who wishes to express an interest in being assigned by the Government under subparagraph (1), (2) or (4), or in being transferred by the Minister under subparagraph (3), as the case may be, to a particular district, may forward an expression of such interest to the President of the District Court.
(6) The President of the District Court shall forward any expression of interest received by him or her under subparagraph (5) to the Government or the Minister as appropriate.
(7) An expression of interest referred to in subparagraph (5) shall not be forwarded by the person expressing the interest, or by any person on his or her behalf, to any person other than the President of the District Court.]
Temporary assignment to districts of district justices and temporary district justices.
F117[3.—(1) A judge of the District Court who is permanently assigned to a particular district may, with his or her consent, from time to time be F118[temporarily assigned by the President of the District Court to another district or districts], but such temporary assignment shall be without prejudice to the exercise and performance by him or her of the privileges, powers and duties for the time being conferred or imposed on him or her by law in relation to the district to which he or she is permanently assigned.
(2) A judge of the District Court who is not for the time being permanently assigned to a district may from time to time be F118[assigned by the President of the District Court to any district or districts].
F119[(2A) Without prejudice to subparagraph (2), the President of the District Court may, in relation to any district, temporarily assign for a period not exceeding 6 months one or more district judges (whether or not any such judge is permanently or temporarily assigned to another district or districts) to exercise, in relation to that district, the powers specified in subparagraph (2B).
(2B) A district judge who is temporarily assigned to any district under subparagraph (2A) may exercise any of the powers of a district judge to which section 32A applies for the time being conferred on him or her by law whether he or she is in or outside that district.]
(3) A temporary judge of the District Court may from time to time be F118[temporarily assigned by the President of the District Court to any district or districts].]
(4) Where a person is temporarily assigned to a district under subparagraph (1), (2) or (3) of this paragraph—
(a) in case there is for the time being a district justice permanently assigned to that district—he shall, in relation to that district have, while so temporarily assigned, concurrently with that district justice, all the privileges, powers and duties for the time being conferred or imposed by law on that district justice,
(b) in any other case—he shall, in relation to that district have, while so temporarily assigned, all such privileges, powers and duties as would for the time being be conferred or imposed by law if he were a district justice permanently assigned to that district.
F119[(4A) Where a district judge is temporarily assigned to any district under subparagraph (2A)—
(a) in case there is for the time being a district judge permanently assigned to that district - he or she shall, in relation to that district, have, while so temporarily assigned, concurrently with that district judge, all the powers of a district judge to which section 32A applies for the time being conferred on that district judge who is so permanently assigned,
(b) in any other case - he or she shall, in relation to that district, have, while so temporarily assigned, all such powers of a district judge to which section 32A applies as would for the time being be conferred by law if he or she were a district judge permanently assigned to that district.]
(5) The Minister may at any time terminate a temporary assignment made under this paragraph.
F116[(6) A district judge who wishes to express an interest in a temporary assignment under any of the preceding subparagraphs to a particular district may forward an expression of such interest to the President of the District Court.
(7) An expression of interest referred to in subparagraph (6) shall not be forwarded by the district judge concerned, or by any person on his or her behalf, to any person other than the President of the District Court.]
District justice acting in certain cases for another district justice who is permanently assigned to a district.
4. (1) Wherever it appears to the President of the District Court, on the representation of a justice of the District Court permanently assigned to a particular district, that such justice cannot properly deal with any matter before him by reason of the fact that he has a personal interest therein or such personal knowledge of the facts or of the parties as might prejudice the trial of that matter, the President of the District Court may nominate another justice of the District Court, who so consents, to hear and determine that matter in that district and, if the President does so, then that matter may be heard and determined accordingly.
(2) In the case of illness or absence of the district justice permanently assigned to a district (in this subparagraph referred to as the first justice), another district justice may, with the consent of the Minister (in addition, if he is permanently assigned to another district, to exercising and performing the privileges, powers and duties conferred by law in relation to the district to which he is permanently assigned) exercise and perform during such illness or absence, the privileges, powers and duties for the time being conferred or imposed by law on the first justice in relation to the district to which the first justice is permanently assigned.
(3) Where a district justice permanently assigned to a particular district (in this subparagraph referred to as the first justice) requests another district justice (in this subparagraph referred to as the second justice) to act for him during a specified period (not exceeding seven days) the second justice may (in addition, if he is permanently assigned to another district, to exercising and performing the privileges, powers and duties conferred by law on him in relation to the district to which he is permanently assigned) exercise and perform during that period the privileges, powers and duties for the time being conferred or imposed by law on the first justice in relation to the district to which the first justice is permanently assigned.
Annotations
Amendments:
F115
Substituted (30.01.2026) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2025 (13/2025), s. 5, S.I. No. 21 of 2026, in operation as per art. 2(b).
F116
Inserted (1.01.2025) by Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023 (33/2023), ss. 63(f)(i), (ii), S.I. No. 553 of 2024, in operation as per art. 2.
F117
Substituted (15.12.1995) by Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995), s. 37, commenced on enactment.
F118
Substituted (1.08.2008) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (14/2008), ss. 14(a), (b), (d), S.I. No. 274 of 2008, in operation as per art. 3(2).
F119
Inserted (1.08.2008) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (14/2008), ss. 14(c), (e), S.I. No. 274 of 2008, in operation as per art. 3(2).
Modifications (not altering text):
C62
Prospective affecting provision: application of schedule restricted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 48(1), not commenced as of date of revision.
Assignment of judges to Family District Court
48.— (1) The Sixth Schedule to the Act of 1961 shall not apply to the assignment of an ordinary judge of the District Court to the Family District Court.
...
C63
Application of para. 2(3), (4) confirmed (18.12.1997) by Courts (No. 2) Act 1997 (43/1997), s. 12, commenced on enactment.
Assignment of former Presidents of the District Court.
12.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), in respect of a former President of the District Court to whom section 4 (2) relates, he or she shall continue to be permanently assigned by virtue of section 35(2) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961, to the Dublin Metropolitan District.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall prevent the application of subparagraphs (3) and (4) of paragraph 2 of the Sixth Schedule to the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 , to a former President of the District Court to whom section 4 (2) relates.
Editorial Notes:
E790
Previous affecting provision: para. 2(1)(b) substituted (19.05.2023) by Courts Act 2023 (12/2023), s. 3, commenced on enactment; substituted (30.01.2026) as per F-note above.
E791
Previous affecting provision: para. 2(1)(b) substituted (5.03.2007) by Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Act 2007 (4/2007), s. 5, commenced on enactment; substituted (30.01.2026) as per E-note above.
E792
Previous affecting provision: para. 2(1)(b) substituted (10.04.2002) by Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 (15/2002), s. 27(2), commenced on enactment; superseded (5.03.2007) as per E-note above.
E793
Previous affecting provision: para. 2(1)(b) amended (15.12.1995) by Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995), s. 11(2), commenced on enactment; substituted (30.01.2026) as per E-note above.
E794
Previous affecting provision: para. 2(1)(b) substituted (10.04.2002) by Courts Act 1991 (20/1991), s. 20, commenced on enactment; substituted (30.01.2026) as per E-note above.
E795
Previous affecting provision: para. 2(1)(b) substituted (10.05.1977) by Courts Act 1977 (11/1977), s. 3(1), commenced on enactment; substituted (15.07.1991) as per E-note above.
Schedule 7
SEVENTH SCHEDULE
Existing courts and corresponding courts established by the Principal Act, and judges of existing courts and corresponding judges of courts established by the Principal Act
Sections 48, 49 and 61.
Sch. 7, Part I
Part I
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Ref. No. |
Existing court |
Court established by the Principal Act |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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1. |
The existing Supreme Court. |
The Supreme Court. |
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2. |
The existing High Court. |
The High Court. |
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3. |
The existing Court of Criminal Appeal. |
The Court of Criminal Appeal. |
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4. |
The existing Circuit Court. |
The Circuit Court. |
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5. |
The existing District Court. |
The District Court. |
Sch. 7, Part II
Part II
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Ref. No. |
Judge of existing court |
Judge of court established by the Principal Act |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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1. |
The existing Chief Justice. |
The Chief Justice. |
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2. |
The existing President of the High Court. |
The President of the High Court. |
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3. |
The existing President of the Circuit Court. |
The President of the Circuit Court. |
Schedule 8
EIGHTH SCHEDULE
Provisions in relation to offices and officers to be attached to the High Court, the Supreme Court and the President of the High Court
Interpretation.
1. (1) This Schedule shall be construed as one with Part I of the Act of 1926.
(2) Except where the context otherwise requires, references in this Schedule to any enactment which is applied by section 48 of this Act shall be construed as references to that enactment as so applied.
F120[Offices attached to the High Court, Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the President of the High Court
2. There shall become and be attached to the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the President of the High Court respectively the following offices—
To the High Court,
The Central Office,
F121[The Office of the Legal Costs Adjudicators],
The Probate Office,
Two Examiners’ Offices or the Examiners’ Office,
The Accountant’s Office;
To the Court of Appeal,
The Office of the Register of the Court of Appeal;
To the Supreme Court,
The Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court;
To the President of the High Court,
The Office of Wards of Court.]
F120[Officers attached to the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the President of the High Court.
3. There shall become and be attached to the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the President of the High Court respectively the following officers (each of whom shall be a principal officer within the meaning of Part I of the Act of 1926)—
To the High Court,
The Master of the High Court,
F121[the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator and the Legal Costs Adjudicators appointed in accordance with the other provisions of this Schedule],
The Probate Officer,
Two Examiners or the Examiner,
The Accountant;
To the Court of Appeal,
The Registrar of the Court of Appeal;
To the Supreme Court,
The Registrar of the Supreme Court;
To the President of the High Court,
The Registrar of Wards of Court.]
The Master of the High Court.
4. (1) In this paragraph “rules of court” means rules made under section 36 of the Act of 1924.
F122[(2) The Master of the High Court shall have and exercise such powers and authorities and perform such duties and functions as are from time to time conferred on or assigned to him or her by statute, by regulations under section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 or by rules of court and in particular (unless and until otherwise provided by statute, by such regulations or by rules of court) shall have and perform all such other powers, authorities, duties and functions as are vested in him or her by virtue of section 3 1(3) of the Act of 1926.]
The Central Office.
5. (1) The Central Office shall be under the management of such principal officer serving in the Central Office as the Minister, after consultation with the President of the High Court, may from time to time nominate in that behalf.
(2) There shall be transacted in the Central Office all such business as is from time to time directed by statute or rule of court to be transacted therein and also all other business of the High Court except such business as is for the time being required by law to be transacted by or before one or more judges or the Master of the High Court and except such business as is for the time being assigned by law either to another office attached to the High Court or to the Office of Wards of Court.
(3) The person who, immediately before the operative date, had, by virtue of a nomination under paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 2 (repealed by this Act) of the Act of 1945, the management of the Central Office shall continue to have the management of the Central Office and be deemed to have been nominated under subparagraph (1) of this paragraph.
The Registrars of the High Court.
6. (1) Such and so many as the Minister thinks proper of the officers for the time being serving in the Central Office shall be nominated by the Minister to be registrars of the High Court and every such registrar (in addition to any other duties which may be assigned to him by the officer for the time being managing the Central Office) shall act as registrar to the High Court as and when directed so to do by the officer for the time being managing the Central Office.
F123[(1A) Each officer nominated under subparagraph (1) of this paragraph who stands directed to act as registrar to the High Court under that subparagraph shall (in addition to any other duties which may be assigned to him or her by the officer for the time being managing the Central Office) act as registrar to the Central Criminal Court as and when directed to so act by the officer for the time being managing the Central Office.]
(2) The officers for the time being nominated under subparagraph (1) of this paragraph to be registrars of the High Court shall be principal officers within the meaning of Part I of the Act of 1926.
(3) Every person, who immediately before the operative date, was, by virtue of a nomination under subsection (2) of section 4 (repealed by this Act) of the Act of 1926, a registrar of the existing High Court shall become and be a registrar of the High Court and be deemed to have been nominated under subparagraph (1) of this paragraph.
General superintendence and control of High Court offices.
7. The officer for the time being managing the Central Office shall have the general superintendence and control of the offices attached to the High Court, but shall in the exercise of such superintendence and control be subject to the general direction of the Minister in regard to all matters of general administration and to the directions of the President of the High Court in regard to all matters relating to the conduct of that part of the business of the High Court which is for the time being required by law to be transacted by or before one or more judges of the High Court.
The Taxing-Masters' Office.
F121[8. The Office of the Legal Costs Adjudicators shall be under the management of the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator, and there shall be transacted in that Office the business of the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator and the Legal Costs Adjudicators, other than such business as is required by law to be transacted by the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator or a Legal Costs Adjudicator in person.
8A. Each Legal Costs Adjudicator shall, in respect of the discharge of his or her functions and exercise of his or her powers, be subject to the general direction of the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator.
8B. The hours of attendance and sitting times for oral hearings of the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator and of each Legal Costs Adjudicator shall be regulated by the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator.]
The Office of the Official Assignee in Bankruptcy.
9. F124[…]
The Examiners' Offices.
10. (1) Until the number of Examiners shall be reduced to one, one Examiner's Office shall be under the management of one of the Examiners and the other Examiner's Office shall be under the management of the other Examiner.
(2) There shall be transacted in each Examiner's Office or in the Examiner's Office (where there is only one Examiner) all such business as shall from time to time be assigned thereto by statute or rule of court and in particular (unless and until otherwise provided by statute or rule of court) all such business as was formerly transacted in the offices attached to the respective Chambers of the Master of the Rolls and the ordinary judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice in Southern Ireland and also such business as was formerly transacted in the offices attached to the Land Judge of the said Chancery Division, including the offices attached to that Judge in his capacity of Receiver Judge.
(3) There shall also be transacted in the Office of one of the Examiners (to be nominated by the Minister after consultation with the President of the High Court) or in the Examiner's Office (where there is only one Examiner) all such business as was formerly transacted in the Bankruptcy Office of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice in Southern Ireland.
The Examiners.
11. (1) Each of the Examiners or the Examiner (where there is only one Examiner) shall have and exercise all such powers and authorities and perform and fulfil all such duties and functions as shall from time to time be conferred on or assigned to him by statute or rule of court and in particular (unless and until otherwise provided by statute or rule of court) shall perform and fulfil such duties and functions as were formerly performed or fulfilled by the several Chief Clerks and Assistant Chief Clerks of the Master of the Rolls and the ordinary judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice in Southern Ireland respectively and by the Chief Receiver or the Receiver-Examiner.
(2) One of the Examiners (to be nominated by the Minister after consultation with the President of the High Court) or the Examiner (where there is only one Examiner) shall have and exercise all such powers and authorities as were formerly vested in the Chief Registrar in Bankruptcy of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice in Southern Ireland and shall perform and fulfil such duties and functions as were formerly required by law to be or were in fact performed or fulfilled by the said Chief Registrar and the Registrar and Deputy Registrar in Bankruptcy of the said King's Bench Division respectively.
(3) The powers, authorities, duties and functions of an Examiner or of the Examiner (where there is only one Examiner) may, subject to any restrictions which the President of the High Court may think fit to impose, be executed, performed or fulfilled by an officer (to be designated by the President of the High Court) who is employed in that Examiner's Office or in the Examiner's Office (where there is only one Examiner) and who is qualified to be appointed Examiner.
Reduction in number of Examiners.
12. On the occurrence of the first vacancy in the office of Examiner, the number of Examiners shall be reduced to one, who shall be the Examiner, and the two Examiners' Offices shall be consolidated into one office, which shall be the Examiner's Office and shall be under the management of the Examiner.
The Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
13. There shall be transacted in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court all business in relation to the jurisdictions exercisable by the Chief Justice under subsection (1) of section 10 of this Act.
The Registrar of the Supreme Court.
14. (1) The Registrar of the Supreme Court shall act as registrar to the Chief Justice in relation to the exercise by the Chief Justice of the jurisdiction exercisable by him under subsection (1) of section 10 of this Act.
(2) The Registrar of the Supreme Court shall be subject to the direction of the Chief Justice in regard to the transaction of the business which in pursuance of paragraph 13 of this Schedule is to be transacted in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
The Office of Wards of Court.
15. (1) The Office of Wards of Court shall be under the management of the Registrar of Wards of Court, and there shall be transacted in that office all such business as shall from time to time be assigned thereto by statute or rule of court and in particular (unless and until otherwise provided by statute or rule of court) all such business in relation to the exercise of the jurisdiction vested in the High Court by subsection (1) of section 9 of this Act as was formerly transacted in relation to the exercise of that jurisdiction in the Lunacy Office of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland or in the offices attached to the Chambers of the said Lord Chancellor or in any other office attached to the former Supreme Court of Judicature in Southern Ireland.
(2) The Office of Wards of Court shall for the purposes of section 9 of the Act of 1945 be deemed to be an office attached to a court.
The Registrar of Wards of Court.
16. (1) The Registrar of Wards of Court shall have the superintendence and control of the Office of Wards of Court and shall in the exercise of such superintendence and control be subject, in regard to all matters of general administration, to the general direction of the Minister and, in regard to all matters relating to the jurisdiction vested in the High Court by subsection (1) of section 9 of this Act, to the directions of the judge of the High Court for the time being exercising that jurisdiction.
(2) In addition to the superintendence and control of the Office of Wards of Court, the Registrar of Wards of Court shall have and exercise all such powers and authorities and perform and fulfil such duties and functions in relation to the exercise of the jurisdiction vested in the High Court by subsection (1) of section 9 of this Act as shall from time to time be conferred on or assigned to him by statute or rule of court and in particular (unless and until otherwise provided by statute or rule of court) shall have and exercise all such powers and authorities as were formerly vested in the Registrar in Lunacy in Ireland or in the Chief Clerk to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland and shall perform and fulfil all such functions and duties in relation to the jurisdiction aforesaid as were formerly performed and fulfilled by the said Registrar in Lunacy and the said Chief Clerk respectively.
(3) The Registrar of Wards of Court shall for the purposes of section 9 of the Act of 1945 be deemed to be an officer attached to the High Court.
F125[Qualification of Master of the High Court
17. No person shall be appointed to be Master of the High Court unless at the time of his or her appointment he or she—
(a) is a barrister or solicitor of not less than eight years’ standing who is then actually practising, or
(b) has—
(i) been appointed under section 27(1A) of the Act of 1926 to be a deputy to execute the office of the Master of the High Court or, as the case may be, to execute such office concurrently with the Master of the High Court, and
(ii) been appointed and acted as such deputy for a period or periods totalling not less than three months.]
Qualification of Taxing-Master.
F121[18. (1) No person shall be appointed to be the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator, or a Legal Costs Adjudicator, unless —
(a) that person is included in a group of not more than 5 persons who have been selected by the Public Appointments Service, after a competition for that purpose under section 47 of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 has been held on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, in order to find persons who are suitable to be selected as the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator or a Legal Costs Adjudicator, as the case may be, and
(b) that person—
(i) has practised as a solicitor for a period of not less than 10 years,
(ii) has practised as a barrister for a period of not less than 10 years, or
(iii) has practised as a legal costs accountant, within the meaning of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, for a period of not less than 10 years.
(2) In computing the periods referred to in subparagraph (1)(b) —
(a) in the case of a solicitor, periods during which a person has practised as a barrister or a legal costs accountant may be aggregated with the person’s practice as a solicitor,
(b) in the case of a barrister, periods during which a person has practised as a solicitor or a legal costs accountant may be aggregated with the person’s practice as a barrister,
(c) in the case of a legal costs accountant, periods during which a person has practised as a solicitor or barrister may be aggregated with the person’s practice as a legal costs accountant.
(3) In applying subparagraph (2) no period of time may, as respects any person, be counted more than once.
(4) A person appointed to be the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator or, as the case may be, a Legal Costs Adjudicator, shall be appointed by the Government on the nomination, from amongst a group of persons referred to in subparagraph (1), of the Minister.
(5) Notwithstanding any other enactment, the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator appointed pursuant to this paragraph—
(a) shall, subject to clauses (b) and (c), hold office for a period not exceeding 7 years,
(b) shall be required to retire on attaining the age of 70 years, and
(c) shall, on the expiry of the period referred to in clause (a), be taken to have been appointed under this paragraph as a Legal Costs Adjudicator for the period beginning on that expiry and ending on his or her attainment of the age of 70 years.
(6) Notwithstanding any other enactment, a Legal Costs Adjudicator appointed pursuant to this paragraph—
(a) shall, subject to clauses (b) and (c), hold office for a period not exceeding 5 years,
(b) shall be required to retire on attaining the age of 70 years, and
(c) shall, subject to clause (b), be eligible for re-appointment or to have the term of appointment extended, but shall not hold office for periods the aggregate of which exceeds 10 years.
(7) A person appointed pursuant to this paragraph may resign from office by notice in writing addressed to the Government and the resignation takes effect on the date the Government receives the notice or, if a date is specified in the notice and the Government agree to that date, on that date.
(8) A person appointed pursuant to this paragraph immediately ceases to be the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator or a Legal Costs Adjudicator, as the case may be, on—
(a) being nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,
(b) being elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or of the European Parliament,
(c) being regarded, pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997, as having been elected to be a member of the European Parliament,
(d) becoming a member of a local authority,
(e) being appointed to be a judge, or
(f) being appointed Attorney General.
(9) A person shall be disqualified from being the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator or a Legal Costs Adjudicator during any period during which—
(a) he or she is entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit in that House,
(b) he or she is a member of the European Parliament, or
(c) he or she is entitled under the standing orders of a local authority to sit as a member of the local authority.
(10) A period during which a solicitor or barrister is the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator or a Legal Costs Adjudicator shall be reckonable as a period of professional practice for the purposes of an application for appointment as a judge.
(11) The Government may at any time remove the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator or a Legal Costs Adjudicator from office if—
(a) in the opinion of the Government, he or she has become incapable through ill-health of performing the functions of the office,
(b) he or she has committed stated misbehaviour,
(c) he or she has failed without reasonable cause, in the opinion of the Government, to perform the functions of the office for a continuous period of at least 3 months beginning not earlier than 6 months before the day of removal, or
(d) he or she has contravened to a material extent a provision of the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001 that, by virtue of a regulation under section 3 of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 , applies to him or her.
(12) The Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator or a Legal Costs Adjudicator ceases to hold office if he or she—
(a) is convicted on indictment of an offence,
(b) is convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty,
(c) has a declaration under section 819 of the Companies Act 2014 made against him or her or is deemed to be subject to such a declaration by virtue of Chapter 5 of Part 14 of that Act,
(d) is subject or is deemed to be subject to a disqualification order, within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 14 of the Companies Act 2014 , whether by virtue of that Chapter or any other provisions of that Act,
(e) is sentenced to a term of imprisonment by a court of competent jurisdiction, or
(f) is removed by a competent authority for any reason (other than failure to pay a fee) from any register established for the purpose of registering members of a profession in the State or in another jurisdiction.
(13) The Government may appoint a person who would be eligible under this Part to be the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator or, as the case may be, a Legal Costs Adjudicator, to temporarily fill a vacancy until an appointment is made under this paragraph, where the vacancy occurs because the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator or a Legal Costs Adjudicator—
(a) dies, resigns, becomes disqualified for or is removed from office, or
(b) is for any reason temporarily unable to continue to perform his or her functions as Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator or, as the case may be, a Legal Costs Adjudicator.]
F126[18A. (1) In this paragraph—
(a) "particular Taxing-Master" means the particular Taxing-Master to whom the matter referred to in subparagraph (2) has been assigned for the purpose of the functions there referred to being performed in relation to it;
(b) "principal Taxing-Master" means the Taxing-Master who has been designated by the Government under paragraph 8; and
(c) a reference to the particular Taxing-Master not being available, due to whatever cause, to perform one or more, or any, functions includes a reference to his or her not being so available in consequence of his or her having vacated office.
(2) Where the functions of a Taxing-Master fall to be performed in relation to a particular matter and the case is either a case—
(a) in which none of those functions has been performed in relation to the matter by the particular Taxing-Master, or
(b) in which the particular Taxing-Master has performed one or more, but not all, of those functions in relation to the matter,
then those functions, or such of those functions as remain to be performed, in relation to the matter may be performed by another Taxing-Master if, due to whatever cause, the particular Taxing-Master is not available to perform those functions (or such of them as remain to be performed), but this is subject to subparagraph (3).
(3) Where the particular Taxing-Master had commenced, but had not completed, a hearing in relation to the matter concerned, the other Taxing-Master referred to in subparagraph (2) shall conduct a complete re-hearing in relation to the matter unless the parties to the matter consent in writing to the first-mentioned hearing being resumed by him or her at the appropriate juncture (that is to say the stage at which that hearing was at before the occurrence of the circumstances which gave rise to subparagraph (2)’s application).
(4) In any case falling within subparagraph (2), the jurisdiction and powers conferred on a Taxing-Master by or under this Act, or any other enactment, to give or make a ruling, direction or decision in circumstances generally (namely circumstances where the non- availability of the Taxing-Master, as mentioned in that subparagraph, does not arise) shall be exercisable in relation to the matter concerned by the other Taxing-Master mentioned in that subparagraph.
(5) Where—
(a) any question arises as to whether particular circumstances that have occurred are circumstances that fall within subparagraph (2), or
(b) it appears to the principal Taxing-Master that such a question may have arisen,
each of the following is exercisable by the principal Taxing-Master, namely the power—
(i) to determine the question,
(ii) in the case of clause (b), to determine, as a preliminary matter, whether the question actually arises and, if the determination is that it does so arise, to determine it, and
(iii) in consequence of any determination made under either of the preceding subclauses, to give such directions as he or she thinks appropriate.
(6) This paragraph is without prejudice to the general law concerning the procedure to be adopted in a case in which a function falling to be performed by a person has not, on the occasion of his or her vacating office, been fully performed but, to the extent that a preceding subparagraph requires or enables a particular procedure to be adopted that is different from that which would be required to be adopted (in the circumstances concerned) by the general law, the preceding subparagraph concerned shall prevail (or, as the case may be, the particular procedure that it enables to be adopted may be adopted).]
The Taxing Masters.
19. F121[The Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator and each of the Legal Costs Adjudicators] shall have and exercise the following powers and authorities and perform and fulfil the following duties and functions—
(a) such powers, authorities, duties and functions as are for the time being conferred on or assigned to them by statute or rule of court,
(b) unless and until otherwise provided by statute or rule of court—all such powers, authorities, duties and functions in relation to the High Court, and the Supreme Court, as were formerly possessed and performed by the several Taxing-Masters of the former Supreme Court of Judicature in Southern Ireland in relation to that Court,
(c) unless and until otherwise provided by statute or rule of court—all such powers, authorities and functions in relation to the Court of Criminal Appeal, the Chief Justice and the President of the High Court, as were immediately before the operative date possessed or exercised by them in relation to the existing Court of Criminal Appeal, the existing Chief Justice and the existing President of the High Court respectively,
(d) such other powers, authorities, duties and functions as were immediately before the passing of the Act of 1924 vested or imposed by law in or on the several Taxing-Masters of the former Supreme Court of Judicature in Southern Ireland, and
(e) the duty of taxing any costs to be received, allowed or paid to a solicitor as respects business undertaken on or after the 1st day of October, 1957, in relation to the exercise by a local authority of their powers under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1958.
Amendment of section 6 of the Act of 1945.
20. In section 6 (which relates to the appointment of the Probate Officer or an Examiner) of the Act of 1945, the references to an office established by Part I of the Act of 1926 shall be construed as references to an office mentioned in paragraph 2 of this Schedule.
F122[Qualification of Registrar of Wards of Court.]
F122[21.— No person shall be appointed to be Registrar of Wards of Court unless at the time of his or her appointment he or she—
(a) is a practising barrister of not less than 10 years’ standing,
(b) is a barrister employed in one or more of the offices mentioned in paragraph 2 who, at any time prior to such appointment, has been so employed for a period of not less than 9 years, or for periods together totalling not less than 9 years, or
(c) is a person who at the time of the appointment is a member of staff of the Courts Service and holds such qualification or qualifications as the Courts Service, with the consent of the President of the High Court, determines to be appropriate for such appointment.]
General staffs of offices.
F120[22. (1) In addition to the principal officers there shall be employed in the several offices mentioned in paragraph 2 of this Schedule such and so many officers, clerks, messengers, criers and servants as the Courts Service shall from time to time determine with the sanction of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and after consultation with the President of the High Court in the case of an office attached to the High Court or in the case of the Office of Wards of Court, with the President of the Court of Appeal in the case of the Office of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal and with the Chief Justice in the case of the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
(2) All officers (other than the principal officers), clerks, messengers, criers and servants employed in any of the offices mentioned in paragraph 2 of this Schedule shall be interchangeable amongst such offices and shall be liable to serve in any of those offices as the Courts Service shall from time to time direct after consultation with the President of the High Court in the case of an office attached to the High Court or in the case of the Office of Wards of Court, with the President of the Court of Appeal in the case of the Office of Registrar of the Court of Appeal and with the Chief Justice in the case of the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court.]
Nominations under section 28 of the Act of 1926.
23. Every nomination made before the operative date under section 28 of the Act of 1926 which has not been revoked before the operative date shall continue in force and be deemed to have been made under the said section 28.
Annotations
Amendments:
F120
Substituted (28.10.2014) by Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), s. 44(c)(i)-(iii), S.I. No. 479 of 2014, art. 2(c).
F121
Substituted (7.10.2019) by Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (65/2015), ss. 148(1)(a)-(e), S.I. No. 502 of 2019, art. 2(n).
F122
Substituted (1.08.2008) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (14/2008), s. 15(a), (b), S.I. No. 274 of 2008, art. 3(2).
F123
Inserted (20.09.2004) by Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (31/2004), s. 42, S.I. No. 544 of 2004, art. 3(1).
F124
Deleted (3.12.2013) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (32/2013), s. 41(2)(c), S.I. No. 463 of 2013, art. 2.
F125
Substituted (31.07.2023) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023), s. 116, S.I. No. 389 of 2023, art. 3(p).
F126
Inserted (28.12.2016) by Courts Act 2016 (22/2016), s. 7, commenced on enactment.
Modifications (not altering text):
C64
Application of para. 22 extended (1.01.1989) by Bankruptcy Act 1988 (27/1988), s. 80, S.I. No. 348 of 1988.
Office of the Official Assignee.
60.—(1) The Official Assignee shall have and exercise such powers and authorities and perform such duties and functions as are from time to time conferred on or assigned to him by statute (including this Act) or rules of court.
(2) There shall be employed in the Office of the Official Assignee an inspector (in this Act referred to as “the Bankruptcy Inspector”) and paragraph 22 of the Eighth Schedule to the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961, shall apply accordingly.
(3) The person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, held office as Messenger of the Court shall, on such commencement, become and be the Bankruptcy Inspector.
C65
Functions transferred and references to Minister construed as Courts Service (9.11.1999) by Courts Service Act 1998 (8/1998), s. 29 and sch. 2, S.I. No. 349 of 1999, S.I. No. 336 of 1999.
Certain functions to become those of Service.
29.—(1) On and after the establishment day a function of the Minister under each of the provisions mentioned in column 3 of Schedule 2 of the Acts mentioned in column 2 opposite the mention of that provision shall be a function of the Service to the exclusion of the Minister, and the provision shall be construed accordingly.
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SCHEDULE 2
Functions of Minister to become those of Service
Section 29
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No. 39 of 1961. |
Eighth Schedule— paragraph 5, paragraph 6, paragraph 7, paragraph 16, paragraph 22. |
Editorial Notes:
E796
Previous affecting provision: para. 18 amended (28.12.2016) by Courts Act 2016 (22/2016), s. 6(a)-(c),commenced on enactment; substituted (7.10.2019) as per F-note above.
E797
Previous affecting provision: paras. 8, 18 substituted (2.08.2011) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (23/2011), s. 43(1)-(2), commenced on enactment; superseded (7.10.2019) as per F-note above.
E798
Previous affecting provision: paras. 2, 3 amended (3.12.2013) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (32/2013), ss. 41(2)(a), (b), S.I. No. 463 of 2013; substituted (28.10.2014) as per F-note above.
E799
Previous affecting provision: application of para. 22 extended (1.01.1989) by Bankruptcy Act 1988 (27/1988), s. 80, S.I. No. 348 of 1988; section substituted (3.12.2013) by Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (32/2013), s. 29, S.I. No. 463 of 2013.
Number 39 of 1961
COURTS (SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1961
REVISED
Updated to 23 June 2026
About this Revised Act
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 2025: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (Courts and Civil law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2025 (13/2025), s. 1(5)). The Acts in this group are:
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (39/1961)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1962 (18/1962)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1964 (9/1964)
• Courts Act 1964 (11/1964)
• Courts (Supplemental) (Amendment) Act 1968 (3/1968)
• Courts Act 1971 (36/1971)
• Courts Act 1973 (26/1973)
• Courts Act 1977 (11/1977)
• Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act 1977 (29/1977), Part IV (ss. 10, 11)
• Courts Act 1979 (15/1979)
• Courts Act 1981 (11/1981)
• Courts (No. 2) Act 1981 (31/1981)
• Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act 1983 (32/1983), in so far as it amends Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 1981
• Courts Act 1985 (23/1985)
• Courts Act 1986 (1/1986)
• Courts (No. 2) Act 1986 (26/1986), other than ss. 4, 6, 7 and First Schedule in so far as it relates to the law on intoxicating liquor
• Courts (No. 3) Act 1986 (33/1986)
• Courts Act 1988 (14/1988)
• Courts (No. 2) Act 1988 (34/1988)
• Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991 (6/1991), in so far as it affects the jurisdiction or procedure of any court in the State
• Courts Act 1991 (20/1991)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act (23/1991), n so far as it amends or extends Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 1988
• Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995), in so far as it amends or extends Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1991
• Courts Act 1996 (26/1996)
• Courts Act 1997 (6/1997)
• Courts (No. 2) Act 1997 (43/1997), other than ss. 3, 9
• Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 (5/1998), in so far as it amends Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 1995 and in so far as it amends or extends Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 1997
• Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (Amendment) Act 1998 (52/1998), ss. 7-10, 13, 14, 16, 20A, 20E-20H, 20J, 20K, 20M
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1999 (25/1999), in so far as it amends or extends Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 1997
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2000 (15/2000)
• Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act 2000 (37/2000), ss. 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12
• Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 (15/2002), insofar as it amends Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 2000
• Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Act 2003 (36/2003)
• Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Act 2007 (4/2007)
• Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (14/2008), ss. 9, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23
• Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (37/2012), ss. 65, 66
• Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (32/2013), s. 17
• Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), to the extent it amends or extends Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 2013
• Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Act 2015 (38/2015), ss. 5-9
• Courts Act 2015 (51/2015)
• Courts Act 2017 (8/2017)
• Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (19/2019), s. 41
• Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021 (14/2021), s. 8
• Courts Act 2023 (12/2023), ss. 3-6
• Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023 (33/2023), ss. 63-65
• Courts and Civil law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2025 (13/2025), ss. 5-8
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
An explanation of how to read annotations is available at
www.lawreform.ie/annotations
Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at
www.irishstatutebook.ie.
Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Courts and Civil law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2025 (13/2025)
• Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024)
• Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023 (33/2023)
• Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (18/2023)
• Courts Act 2023 (12/2023)
• Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022 (33/2022)
• Judicial Council Act 2019 (33/2019)
• Courts Act 2019 (30/2019)
• Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (19/2019)
• Courts Act 2016 (22/2016)
• Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (65/2015)
• Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (64/2015)
• Prisons Act 2015 (57/2015)
• Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (39/2015)
• Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014)
• Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (11/2014)
• Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (32/2013)
• Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (44/2012)
• Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (37/2012)
• Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 (39/2011)
• Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (23/2011)
• Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (10/2011)
• Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 (6/2010)
• Defamation Act 2009 (31/2009)
• Land And Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009)
• Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (19/2009)
• Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (14/2008)
• Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 (7/2008)
• Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Act 2007 (4/2007)
• Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006)
• Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (31/2004)
• Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 (15/2002)
• Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (33/2001)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2000 (15/2000)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1999 (25/1999)
• Criminal Justice Act 1999 (10/1999)
• Courts Service Act 1998 (8/1998)
• Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 (5/1998)
• Courts (No. 2) Act 1997 (43/1997)
• Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995)
• Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 (31/1993)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1991 (23/1991)
• Courts Act 1991 (20/1991)
• Jurisdiction of Courts (Maritime Conventions) Act 1989 (5/1989)
• Bankruptcy Act 1988 (27/1988)
• Courts Act 1981 (11/1981)
• Malicious Injuries Act 1981 (9/1981)
• Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act 1977 (29/1977)
• Courts Act 1977 (11/1977)
• Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975)
• Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974 (8/1974)
• Courts Act 1973 (26/1973)
• Courts Act 1971 (36/1971)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1968 (21/1968)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1968 (3/1968)
• Succession Act 1965 (27/1965)
• Courts Act 1964 (11/1964)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1964 (9/1964)
• Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 (7/1964)
• Superannuation and Pensions Act 1963 (24/1963)
• Finance Act 1963 (23/1963)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1962 (18/1962)
All Acts up to and including Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Act 2026 (15/2026), enacted 25 June 2026, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• District Court (Child Care) Rules 2026 (S.I. No. 281 of 2026)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Special Care of Children) 2026 (S.I. No. 280 of 2026)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (EU Service Regulation) 2026 (S.I. No. 231 of 2026)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Brussels IIter Regulation) 2026 (S.I. No. 230 of 2026)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Commercial) 2026 (S.I. No. 159 of 2026)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 53D) 2026 (S.I. No. 158 of 2026)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Appearances) 2026 (S.I. No. 157 of 2026)
• Circuit Court Rules (Appearances) 2026 (S.I. No. 155 of 2026)
• District Court (Donor-Assisted Human Reproduction) Rules 2026 (S.I. No. 104 of 2026)
• Circuit Court Rules (Donor-Assisted Human Reproduction) 2026 (S.I. No. 103 of 2026)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Evidence Regulation) 2026 (S.I. No. 74 of 2026)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Interpretation) 2026 (S.I. No. 73 of 2026)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Bankruptcy) 2026 (S.I. No. 2 of 2026)
• Circuit Court Rules (Combined Court Offices) 2025 (S.I. No. 461 of 2025)
• Circuit Court Rules (EU Service Regulation) 2025 (S.I. No. 460 of 2025)
• District Court (Order 51) Rules 2025 (S.I. No. 459 of 2025)
• District Court (Order 51) Rules 2025 (S.I. No. 246 of 2025)
• District Court (Maintenance) Rules 2025 (S.I. No. 221 of 2025)
• District Court (Guardianship) Rules 2025 (S.I. No. 220 of 2025)
• District Court (Domestic Violence) Rules 2025 (S.I. No. 219 of 2025)
• District Court (Digital) Rules 2025 (S.I. No. 218 of 2025)
• Circuit Court Rules (Digital) 2025 (S.I. No. 217 of 2025)
• Circuit Court Rules (Evidence Regulation) 2025 (S.I. No. 216 of 2025)
• Circuit Court Rules (Interrogatories) 2025 (S.I. No. 200 of 2025)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Companies Act 2014 Section 459) 2025 (S.I. No. 150 of 2025)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Appendix I) 2025 (S.I. No. 149 of 2025)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Digital Services Act) 2025 (S.I. No. 55 of 2025)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Guardian ad litem and next friend) 2025 (S.I. No. 14 of 2025)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Digital) 2025 (S.I. No. 13 of 2025)
• District Court (Civil Restraining and Behaviour Orders) Rules 2024 (S.I. No. 364 of 2024)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Interrogatories) 2024 (S.I. No. 363 of 2024)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 11) 2024 (S.I. No. 362 of 2024)
• District Court (Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015) Rules 2024 (S.I. No. 326 of 2024)
• District Court (Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022) Rules 2024 (S.I. No. 231 of 2024)
• Circuit Court Rules (Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022) 2024 (S.I. No. 230 of 2024)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Particulars) 2024 (S.I. No. 229 of 2024)
• Rules of The Superior Courts (Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022) 2024 (S.I. No. 228 of 2024)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 84) 2024 (S.I. No. 163 of 2024)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 61) 2024 (S.I. No. 161 of 2024)
• Circuit Court Rules (Order 36) 2024 (S.I. No. 107 of 2024)
• District Court (Data Protection) Rules 2024 (S.I. No. 13 of 2024)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Companies) 2024 (S.I. No. 7 of 2024)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Orders 36 and 52) 2023 (S.I. No. 606 of 2023)
• District Court (Service Of Book Of Evidence) Rules 2023 (S.I. No. 561 of 2023)
• Circuit Court Rules (Affidavits) 2023 (S.I. No. 526 of 2023)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Subpoena) 2023 (S.I. No. 483 of 2023)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Bankruptcy) 2023 (S.I. No. 482 of 2023)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 74) 2023 (S.I. No. 481 of 2023)
• District Court (Companies Act 2014: Search Warrants) Rules 2023 (S.I. No. 457 of 2023)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 19) 2023 (S.I. No. 456 of 2023)
• District Court (Costs) Rules 2023 (S.I. No. 418 of 2023)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015) 2023 (S.I. No. 261 of 2023)
• Circuit Court Rules (Assisted decision-making (Capacity) Act 2015) 2023 (S.I. No. 201 of 2023)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Procedure on Default) 2022 (S.I. No. 454 of 2022)
• Circuit Court Rules (Criminal Procedure Act 2021) 2022 (S.I. No. 453 of 2022)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 318 of 2022)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 317 of 2022)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Companies Act 2014, Part 10A) 2021 (S.I. No. 218 of 2022)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Lodgment and Tender) 2022 (S.I. No. 186 of 2022)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Powers of Attorney) 2022 (S.I. No. 185 of 2022)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Criminal Procedure Act 2021) 2022 (S.I. No. 122 of 2022)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Service in Wardship Proceedings) 2021 (S.I. No. 600 of 2021)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Intellectual property proceedings) 2021 (S.I. No. 530 of 2021)
• Circuit Court Rules (Intellectual Property) 2021 (S.I. No. 499 of 2021)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Hague Maintenance Convention) 2021 (S.I. No. 498 of 2021)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Procedure on Default) 2021 (S.I. No. 490 of 2021)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 324 of 2021)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 323 of 2021)
• District Court (Order 38) Rules 2021 (S.I. No. 262 of 2021)
• District Court (Maintenance) Rules 2021 (S.I. No. 202 of 2021)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Regulation of Legal Services) 2021 (S.I. No. 196 of 2021)
• District Court (Affidavits) Rules 2021 (S.I. No. 147 of 2021)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Affidavits) 2021 (S.I. No. 127 of 2021)
• District Court (Gaming and Lotteries) Rules 2021 (S.I. No. 63 of 2021)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (CervicalCheck Tribunal) 2021 (S.I. No. 57 of 2021)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 95) 2020 (S.I. No. 757 of 2020)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 611 of 2020)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 610 of 2020)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Probate and Administration Oaths and Bonds) 2020 (S.I. No. 590 of 2020)
• District Court (Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 499 of 2020)
• District Court (Service in licensing matters) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 498 of 2020)
• District Court (Enforcement of Orders) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 497 of 2020)
• District Court (Order 36) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 496 of 2020)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Judges' Robes) 2020 (S.I. No. 495 of 2020)
• District Court (Donor-Assisted Human Reproduction) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 434 of 2020)
• District Court (Residential Tenancies) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 431 of 2020)
• Circuit Court Rules (Family Law: Donor-Assisted Human Reproduction) 2020 (S.I. No. 400 of 2020)
• Circuit Court Rules (Witness Summonses) 2020 (S.I. No. 396 of 2020)
• Circuit Court Rules (Case Stated) 2020 (S.I. No. 292 of 2020)
• Circuit Court Rules (Data Protection Actions) 2020 (S.I. No. 291 of 2020)
• District Court (Intellectual Property) Rules 2020 (S.I. No. 284 of 2020)
• Circuit Court Rules (Family Law and Domestic Violence) 2020 (S.I. No. 282 of 2020)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Orders 105 And 106) 2020 (S.I. No. 257 of 2020)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Coroners) 2020 (S.I. No. 43 of 2020)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Costs) 2019 (S.I. No. 584 of 2019)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9a)) (No. 2) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 549 of 2019)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) (No. 2) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 547 of 2019)
• District Court (Extension Of Validity of Claim Notice) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 423 of 2019)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Special Care of Children) 2019 (S.I. No. 422 of 2019)
• District Court (Proof of Foreign Public Documents and Translations) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 421 of 2019)
• Circuit Court Rules (Proof Of Foreign Public Documents And Translations) 2019 (S.I. No. 328 of 2019)
• District Court (Personal Injuries: Section 8 Notices) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 327 of 2019)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 257 of 2019)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 256 of 2019)
• District Court (Order 24) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 226 of 2019)
• District Court (Estreatment) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 225 of 2019)
• Rules Of The Superior Courts (Renewal Of Summons) 2019 (S.I. No. 224 of 2019)
• Rules Of The Superior Courts (Data Protection Actions) 2019 (S.I. No. 223 of 2019)
• Circuit Court Rules (Data Protection Actions) 2019 (S.I. No. 222 of 2019)
• Circuit Court Rules (Renewal Of Civil Bill) 2019 (S.I. No. 221 of 2019)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Injuries: Section 8 Notices) 2019 (S.I. No. 216 of 2019)
• Circuit Court Rules (Personal Injuries: Section 8 Notices) 2019 (S.I. No. 215 of 2019)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Appendix W) 2019 (S.I. No. 161 of 2019)
• Circuit Court Rules (Service) (No. 3) 2019 (S.I. No. 147 of 2019)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Service) (No. 2) 2019 (S.I. No. 146 of 2019)
• District Court (Service) (No 2) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 145 of 2019)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 39) 2019 (S.I. No. 139 of 2019)
• District Court (Domestic Violence) Rules 2019 (S.I. No. 79 of 2019)
• Rules Of The Superior Courts (Order 61A) 2019 (S.I. No. 66 of 2019)
• Circuit Court Rules (Miscellaneous) 2019 (S.I. No. 22 of 2019)
• Circuit Court Rules (Order 4) 2019 (S.I. No. 19 of 2019)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Supreme Court) 2018 (S.I. No. 583 of 2018)
• District Court (Intoxicating Liquor) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 566 of 2018)
• District Court (Bail) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 565 of 2018)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Renewal of Summons) 2018 (S.I. No. 482 of 2018)
• District Court (Companies Act 2014 : Search Warrants) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 480 of 2018)
• Circuit Court Rules (Service) (No. 2) 2018 (S.I. No. 478 of 2018)
• District Court (Service) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 471 of 2018)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Service in other EU States) 2018 (S.I. No. 470 of 2018)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Court of Appeal) 2018 (S.I. No. 469 of 2018)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Injuries: Periodic Payments Orders) 2018 (S.I. No. 430 of 2018)
• Circuit Court Rules (Proof of Foreign Public Documents and Translations) 2018 (S.I. No. 429 of 2018)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Appeals from the Circuit Court) 2018 (S.I. No. 428 of 2018)
• Circuit Court Rules (Family Law) 2018 (S.I. No. 427 of 2018)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 85) 2018 (S.I. No. 381 of 2018)
• Circuit Court Rules (Order 68) 2018 (S.I. No. 380 of 2018)
• Circuit Court Rules (Fines (Payment and Recovery)) 2018 (S.I. No. 379 of 2018)
• Circuit Court Rules (Service) 2018 (S.I. No. 378 of 2018)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 371 of 2018)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 370 of 2018)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Proceeds of Crime and Financing of Terrorism) 2018 (S.I. No. 316 of 2018)
• District Court (European Small Claims Procedure) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 315 of 2018)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Judicial Review) 2018 (S.I. No. 310 of 2018)
• District Court (Road Traffic Act 2016) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 235 of 2018)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Review of the Award of Public Contracts) 2018 (S.I. No. 234 of 2018)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 61A) 2018 (S.I. No. 189 of 2018)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 42C) 2018 (S.I. No. 168 of 2018)
• District Court (Extension of Time) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 167 of 2018)
• District Court (Residential Tenancies) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 69 of 2018)
• Circuit Court Rules (Order 65) 2018 (S.I. No. 64 of 2018)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Special Care of Children) 2018 (S.I. No. 63 of 2018)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Mediation) 2018 (S.I. No. 13 of 2018)
• Circuit Court Rules (Family Law: Mediation) 2018 (S.I. No. 12 of 2018)
• Circuit Court Rules (Mediation) 2018 (S.I. No. 11 of 2018)
• District Court (Mediation) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 9 of 2018)
• Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction) 2017 (S.I. No. 499 of 2017)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Service) 2017 (S.I. No. 475 of 2017)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments) 2017 (S.I. No. 457 of 2017)
• District Court (European Account Preservation Order) Rules 2017 (S.I. No. 405 of 2017)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Orders 5 and 84 (Amendment)) 2017 (S.I. No. 404 of 2017)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 121B (Amendment)) 2017 (S.I. No. 403 of 2017)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 235 of 2017)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 234 of 2017)
• Circuit Court Rules (Family Law) 2017 (S.I. No. 207 of 2017)
• Circuit Court Rules (European Account Preservation Order) 2017 (S.I. No. 202 of 2017)
• Circuit Court Rules (Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003) 2017 (S.I. No. 201 of 2017)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003) 2017 (S.I. No. 186 of 2017)
• Superior Courts (European Account Preservation Order) 2017 (S.I. No. 156 of 2017)
• District Court (Order 40A) Rules 2017 (S.I. No. 102 of 2017)
• District Court (Judges' Robes) Rules 2017 (S.I. No. 77 of 2017)
• District Court (Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA System) Act 2014) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 567 of 2016)
• District Court (Issue of civil proceedings) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 513 of 2016)
• District Court (Housing) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 506 of 2016)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 122) 2016 (S.I. No. 471 of 2016)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Construction Contracts Act 2013) 2016 (S.I. No. 450 of 2016)
• Circuit Court Rules (Judges' Robes) 2016 (S.I. No. 433 of 2016)
• Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters) 2016 (S.I. No. 432 of 2016)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9A)) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 401 of 2016)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 400 of 2016)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Chancery and Non-Jury Actions: Pre-trial procedures) 2016 (S.I. No. 255 of 2016)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Conduct of Trials) 2016 (S.I. No. 254 of 2016)
• District Court (Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 252 of 2016)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Bankruptcy) 2016 (S.I. No. 232 of 2016)
• Circuit Court Rules (Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Act 2015) 2016 (S.I. No. 172 of 2016)
• Circuit Court Rules (Actions for Possession, Sale and Well-Charging Relief) 2016 (S.I. No. 171 of 2016)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Act 2015) 2016 (S.I. No. 161 of 2016)
• District Court (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 149 of 2016)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Service of Documents) 2016 (S.I. No. 148 of 2016)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Appeals from the Circuit Court) 2016 (S.I. No. 124 of 2016)
• District Court (Solicitors' costs) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 123 of 2016)
• Circuit Court Rules (Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act 1974) 2016 (S.I. No. 85 of 2016)
• Circuit Court Rules (Gender Recognition Act) 2016 (S.I. No. 84 of 2016)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 15) 2016 (S.I. No. 83 of 2016)
• District Court (Form 34.47) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 82 of 2016)
• District Court (Fines) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 19 of 2016)
• Circuit Court Rules (Children And Family Relationships Act 2015) 2016 (S.I. No. 18 of 2016)
• District Court (Children and Family Relationships Act 2015) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 17 of 2016)
• Superior Courts (Children and Family Relationships Act 2015) 2016 (S.I. No. 16 of 2016)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments) (No. 2) 2016 (S.I. No. 10 of 2016)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments) 2016 (S.I. No. 9 of 2016)
• Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters) 2015 (S.I. No. 618 of 2015)
• District Court (Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters) Rules 2015 (S.I. No. 617 of 2015)
• Superior Courts (Companies Act 2014) (No. 2) 2015 (S.I. No. 616 of 2015)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Insolvency) 2015 (S.I. No. 507 of 2015)
• Circuit Court Rules (Personal Insolvency) 2015 (S.I. No. 506 of 2015)
• Circuit Court Rules (Companies Act 2014) 2015 (S.I. No. 471 of 2015)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Bail Hearings) 2015 (S.I. No. 470 of 2015)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 70A) 2015 (S.I. No. 469 of 2015)
• Circuit Court Rules (Actions for Possession and Well-Charging Relief) 2015 (S.I. No. 346 of 2015)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Judicial Review) 2015 (S.I. No. 345 of 2015)
• District Court (Companies Act 2014) Rules 2015 (S.I. No. 256 of 2015)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Companies Act 2014) 2015 (S.I. No. 255 of 2015)
• Circuit Court Rules (Sex Offenders Act 2001) 2015 (S.I. No. 142 of 2015)
• District Court (Family Law Reporting) Rules 2015 (S.I. No. 141 of 2015)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 76) 2014 (S.I. No. 600 of 2014)
• District Court (Personal Injuries) Rules 2014 (S.I. No. 599 of 2014)
• District Court (General) Rules 2014 (S.I. No. 598 of 2014)
• Circuit Court Rules (Lugano Convention and Maintenance Regulation) 2014 (S.I. No. 597 of 2014)
• District Court (Forms) Rules 2014 (S.I. No. 596 of 2014)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Supreme Court Forms) 2014 (S.I. No. 539 of 2014)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Court of Appeal Act 2014) 2014 (S.I. No. 485 of 2014)
• Circuit Court Rules (Provision of Transcripts of Sentencing Hearings) 2014 (S.I. No. 410 of 2014)
• District Court (Criminal Justice Act 2013) Rules 2014 (S.I. No. 409 of 2014)
• Circuit Court Rules (Family Law Reporting) 2014 (S.I. No. 408 of 2014)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Case Stated) 2014 (S.I. No. 293 of 2014)
• Circuit Court Rules (Examinership) 2014 (S.I. No. 284 of 2014)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Provision of Transcripts of Sentencing Hearings) 2014 (S.I. No. 278 of 2014)
• Superior Courts (Service or delivery by post) 2014 (S.I. No. 277 of 2014)
• Circuit Court Rules (Registered Post) 2014 (S.I. No. 276 of 2014)
• District Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2014 (S.I. No. 17 of 2014)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013) 2014 (S.I. No. 16 of 2014)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 17(4)(b)) (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 489 of 2013)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Bankruptcy) 2013 (S.I. No. 461 of 2013)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Payments into Court) 2013 (S.I. No. 396 of 2013)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Winding-Up of Companies: Forms) 2013 (S.I. No. 395 of 2013)
• Circuit Court Rules (Personal Insolvency) 2013 (S.I. No. 317 of 2013)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Insolvency) 2013 (S.I. No. 316 of 2013)
• District Court (Maintenance and Lugano Convention) Rules 2013 (S.I. No. 311 of 2013)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Lugano Convention, Maintenance and Service) 2013 (S.I. No. 307 of 2013)
• District Court (Enforcement of Maintenance Orders) Rules 2013 (S.I. No. 306 of 2013)
• Circuit Court Rules (Taking of Evidence for EU Courts) 2013 (S.I. No. 302 of 2013)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (International Criminal Court Act 2006) 2013 (S.I. No. 117 of 2013)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 72A) 2013 (S.I. No. 116 of 2013)
• Superior Courts (Order 123) 2013 (S.I. No. 101 of 2013)
• Circuit Court Rules (Recording of Proceedings) 2013 (S.I. No. 100 of 2013)
• District Court (Recording of Proceedings) Rules 2013 (S.I. No. 99 of 2013)
• Circuit Court Rules (Appeals to Court of Criminal Appeal) 2012 (S.I. No. 489 of 2012)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Funds in Court) 2012 (S.I. No. 488 of 2012)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Affidavits) 2012 (S.I. No. 487 of 2012)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Robes of Bench) 2012 (S.I. No. 400 of 2012)
• Circuit Court Rules (Actions for Possession and Well-Charging Relief) 2012 (S.I. No. 358 of 2012)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (European Communities (Mediation) Regulations 2011) 2012 (S.I. No. 357 of 2012)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 75) 2012 (S.I. No. 356 of 2012)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Trial) 2012 (S.I. No. 355 of 2012)
• District Court (Domestic Violence) Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 286 of 2012)
• District Court (Service) Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 285 of 2012)
• Circuit Court Rules (Employment Equality) 2012 (S.I. No. 284 of 2012)
• Circuit Court Rules (Enforcement of Certain Decisions of Rights Commissioners and Determinations of the Labour Court or Employment Appeals Tribunal) 2012. (S.I. No. 151 of 2012)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Arbitration) 2012 (S.I. No. 150 of 2012)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Winding-Up of Companies and Examinership) 2012 (S.I. No. 121 of 2012)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Bankruptcy) 2012 (S.I. No. 120 of 2012)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Criminal Procedure Act 2010) 2012 (S.I. No. 114 of 2012)
• District Court (Fines) Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 39 of 2012)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Service) 2012 (S.I. No. 15 of 2012)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Lodgment of Documents) 2011 (S.I. No. 692 of 2011)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Judicial Review) 2011 (S.I. No. 691 of 2011)
• District Court (Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 653 of 2011)
• District Court (Criminal Procedure Act 2010) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 585 of 2011)
• District Court (Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 536 of 2011)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Robes of Bench) 2011 (S.I. No. 524 of 2011)
• Circuit Court Rules (Judges' Robes) 2011 (S.I. No. 523 of 2011)
• District Court (Civil Partnership and Cohabitation) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 414 of 2011)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Civil Partnership and Cohabitation) 2011 (S.I. No. 348 of 2011)
• District Court (Hague Convention 1996) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 301 of 2011)
• District Court (Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2010) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 154 of 2011)
• Circuit Court Rules (Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011) 2011 (S.I. No. 153 of 2011)
• Circuit Court Rules (Discovery) 2011 (S.I. No. 122 of 2011)
• Circuit Court Rules (Hague Convention 1996) 2011 (S.I. No. 121 of 2011)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Examiner) 2011 (S.I. No. 2 of 2011)
• District Court (Intoxicating Liquor) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 1 of 2011)
• District Court (Summonses) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 557 of 2010)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Derivative Actions) 2010 (S.I. No. 503 of 2010)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Mediation and Conciliation) 2010 (S.I. No. 502 of 2010)
• Circuit Court Rules (Pensions Ombudsman) 2010 (S.I. No. 446 of 2010)
• Circuit Court Rules (Miscellaneous) 2010 (S.I. No. 445 of 2010)
• Circuit Court Rules (Costs) 2010 (S.I. No. 444 of 2010)
• District Court (Intellectual Property) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 421 of 2010)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Review of the Award of Public Contracts) 2010 (S.I. No. 420 of 2010)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Arbitration) 2010 (S.I. No. 361 of 2010)
• District Court (Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009) (No. 2) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 360 of 2010)
• District Court (Enforcement of Maintenance Orders) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 325 of 2010)
• District Court (Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 314 of 2010)
• District Court (Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 260 of 2010)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Trial) 2010 (S.I. No. 209 of 2010)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 75) 2010 (S.I. No. 208 of 2010)
• District Court (Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 162 of 2010)
• Circuit Court Rules (Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009) 2010 (S.I. No. 155 of 2010)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009) 2010 (S.I. No. 149 of 2010)
• District Court (Enforcement of Court Orders) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 129 of 2010)
• District Court (Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 94 of 2010)
• Circuit Court Rules (Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008) 2010 (S.I. No. 82 of 2010)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008) 2010 (S.I. No. 54 of 2010)
• District Court (Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009) Rules 2010 (S.I. No. 33 of 2010)
• Circuit Court Rules (Combined Court offices) 2009 (S.I. No. 583 of 2009)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Combined Court offices) 2009 (S.I. No. 582 of 2009)
• District Court (Combined Court offices) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 581 of 2009)
• Circuit Court Rules (Case Progression (General)) 2009 (S.I. No. 539 of 2009)
• District Court (Small Claims) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 519 of 2009)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Defamation) 2009 (S.I. No. 511 of 2009)
• Circuit Court Rules (Defamation) 2009 (S.I. No. 486 of 2009)
• Circuit Court Rules (Statutory Applications and Appeals) 2009 (S.I. No. 470 of 2009)
• Circuit Court Rules (Service In Member States of Judicial and Extra-judicial Documents In Civil Or Commercial Matters) 2009 (S.I. No. 375 of 2009)
• District Court (Service In Member States of Judicial and Extra-judicial Documents In Civil Or Commercial Matters) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 367 of 2009)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Opening Hours of offices) 2009 (S.I. No. 354 of 2009)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Service of Proceedings (Regulation (Ec) No. 1393/2007)) 2009 (S.I. No. 280 of 2009)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Slip Rule) 2009 (S.I. No. 271 of 2009)
• Circuit Court Rules (Actions For Possession and Well-charging Relief) 2009 (S.I. No. 264 of 2009)
• Circuit Court Rules (Miscellaneous) 2009 (S.I. No. 251 of 2009)
• Circuit Court Rules (Sittings) 2009 (S.I. No. 235 of 2009)
• District Court (Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 174 of 2009)
• Circuit Court Rules (Service) 2009 (S.I. No. 132 of 2009)
• District Court (Consumer Protection Act 2007) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 106 of 2009)
• District Court (Criminal Justice Act 2006) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 105 of 2009)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Affidavits) 2009 (S.I. No. 95 of 2009)
• Circuit Court Rules (Trial) (No. 2) 2009 (S.I. No. 94 of 2009)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Discovery) 2009 (S.I. No. 93 of 2009)
• District Court (Forms) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 92 of 2009)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Criminal Justice Acts 2006 and 2007) 2009 (S.I. No. 10 of 2009)
• Circuit Court Rules (Consumer Protection Act 2007) 2008 (S.I. No. 585 of 2008)
• District Court (European Small Claims) Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 583 of 2008)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Amendment to Order 118) 2008 (S.I. No. 562 of 2008)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (European Orders for Payment) 2008 (S.I. No. 551 of 2008)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002) 2008 (S.I. No. 529 of 2008)
• District Court (Bench Warrants) Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 498 of 2008)
• District Court (Child Care) Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 469 of 2008)
• Circuit Court Rules (Case Progression in Family Law Proceedings) 2008 (S.I. No. 358 of 2008)
• Circuit Court Rules (Recording of Proceedings) 2008 (S.I. No. 354 of 2008)
• Circuit Court Rules (Costs) 2008 (S.I. No. 353 of 2008)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Recording of Proceedings) 2008 (S.I. No. 325 of 2008)
• District Court (Search Warrants) Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 322 of 2008)
• Circuit Court Rules (County Registrar) 2008 (S.I. No. 191 of 2008)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006) 2008 (S.I. No. 190 of 2008)
• Circuit Court Rules (Trial) 2008 (S.I. No. 189 of 2008)
• Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction, Recognition, Enforcement and Service of Proceedings) 2008 (S.I. No. 188 of 2008)
• District Court (Criminal Justice Act 2007) Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 41 of 2008)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Capetown Convention) 2008 (S.I. No. 31 of 2008)
• District Court (Criminal Justice Act 2006) (No. 2) Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 25 of 2008)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Costs) 2008 (S.I. No. 12 of 2008)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 841 of 2007)
• District Court (Insanity) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 727 of 2007)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006) 2007 (S.I. No. 597 of 2007)
• Circuit Court Rules (Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006) 2007 (S.I. No. 596 of 2007)
• Circuit Court Rules (Pensions Ombudsman) 2007 (S.I. No. 588 of 2007)
• District Court (Road Traffic) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 564 of 2007)
• Circuit Court Rules (Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006) 2007 (S.I. No. 446 of 2007)
• District Court (Summonses) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 418 of 2007)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Transfer of Sentenced Persons) 2007 (S.I. No. 417 of 2007)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Charging Orders) 2007 (S.I. No. 416 of 2007)
• District Court (Children) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 408 of 2007)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Jurisdiction, Recognition, Enforcement and Service of Proceedings) 2007 (S.I. No. 407 of 2007)
• District Court (Criminal Justice Act 2006, Part 11) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 314 of 2007)
• District Court (Community Service) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 313 of 2007)
• Circuit Court Rules (General) 2007 (S.I. No. 312 of 2007)
• District Court (Criminal Justice Act 2006) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 203 of 2007)
• Circuit Court Rules (Criminal Justice Act 2006) 2007 (S.I. No. 169 of 2007)
• District Court (Children Summonses) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 152 of 2007)
• District Court (Mental Health) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 97 of 2007)
• District Court (Small Claims) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 82 of 2007)
• District Court (Bench Warrants) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 73 of 2007)
• District Court (Mental Health Appeals) Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 19 of 2007)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Statutory Applications and Appeals) 2007 (S.I. No. 14 of 2007)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Evidence) 2007 (S.I. No. 13 of 2007)
• Circuit Court Rules (Industrial Relations Acts) 2007 (S.I. No. 12 of 2007)
• Circuit Court Rules (Mental Health) 2007 (S.I. No. 11 of 2007
• Circuit Court Rules (Social Welfare Appeals) 2007 (S.I. No. 10 of 2007)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Mental Health Act 2001) 2006 (S.I. No. 597 of 2006)
• District Court (Public Order) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 545 of 2006)
• District Court (Probation of Offenders) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 544 of 2006)
• Circuit Court Rules (Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work)) 2006 (S.I. No. 532 of 2006)
• Circuit Court Rules (National Minimum Wage Act) 2006 (S.I. No. 531 of 2006)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Competition) 2006 (S.I. No. 461 of 2006)
• Circuit Court Rules (Residential Tenancies) 2006 (S.I. No. 410 of 2006)
• Circuit Court Rules (Court Seal) 2006 (S.I. No. 409 of 2006)
• District Court (Case Stated) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 398 of 2006)
• District Court (Equal Status Act 2000) (Amendment) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 397 of 2006)
• District Court (Warrants of Execution) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 396 of 2006)
• Circuit Court Rules (Taxi Regulation) 2006 (S.I. No. 350 of 2006)
• Circuit Court Rules (Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004) 2006 (S.I. No. 349 of 2006)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Taxi Regulation) 2006 (S.I. No. 315 of 2006)
• District Court (Taxi Regulation) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 314 of 2006)
• Circuit Court Rules (Employment Equality Acts 1998 and 2004) 2006 (S.I. No. 275 of 2006)
• Circuit Court Rules (Mode of Address of Judges) 2006 (S.I. No. 274 of 2006)
• District Court (Employment Equality Act 1998) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 263 of 2006)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Proceeds of Crime and Financing of Terrorism) 2006 (S.I. No. 242 of 2006)
• District Court (Order 16) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 238 of 2006)
• District Court (Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 209 of 2006)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Mode of Address of Judges) 2006 (S.I. No. 196 of 2006)
• District Court (Temporary Closure Orders) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 162 of 2006)
• District Court (Equal Status Act 2000) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 161 of 2006)
• District Court (Order 24) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 149 of 2006)
• Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction in Matrimonial Matters and Matters of Parental Responsibility) 2006 (S.I. No. 143 of 2006)
• District Court (Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 133 of 2006)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Arbitration) 2006 (S.I. No. 109 of 2006)
• District Court (Criminal Justice Act 1994 Section 38) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 47 of 2006)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Commissions of Investigation Act 2004) 2006 (S.I. No. 23 of 2006)
• District Court (Children) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 5 of 2006)
• District Court (Small Claims) (Amendment) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 4 of 2006)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (European Enforcement Orders) 2006 (S.I. No. 3 of 2006)
• District Court (European Enforcement Orders) Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 2 of 2006)
• Circuit Court Rules (European Enforcement Orders) 2006 (S.I. No. 1 of 2006)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) (S.I. No. 905 of 2005)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration ) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 722 of 2005)
• District Court (Estreatment of Recognisances) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 704 of 2005)
• District Court (Taxes Consolidation Act 1997) (Amendment) Rules 2005 (S.I. No.703 of 2005)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Takeover Schemes) 2005 (S.I. No. 688 of 2005)
• District Court (Refugee Act 1996) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 687 of 2005)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000) 2005 (S.I. No. 674 of 2005)
• District Court (EU Regulations) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 635 of 2005)
• Circuit Court Rules (Section 40 Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004) 2005 (S.I. No. 527 of 2005)
• Circuit Court Rules (Personal Injuries) 2005 (S.I. No. 526 of 2005)
• Circuit Court Rules (Funds in Court) 2005 (S.I. No. 525 of 2005)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Jurisdiction, Recognition, Enforcement and Service of Proceedings) 2005 (S.I. No. 506 of 2005)
• Rules Of The Superior Courts (Proof Of Liquidator's Appointment In Creditors' Voluntary Winding Up) 2004 (S.I. No. 502 of 2005)
• Circuit Court Rules (Residential Tenancies Act 2004) 2005 (S.I. No. 388 of 2005)
• Circuit Court Rules (Carer's Leave Act 2001) 2005 (S.I. No. 387 of 2005)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Criminal Justice Act 1999) 2005 (S.I. No. 295 of 2005)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Elections) 2005 (S.I. No. 294 of 2005)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Proceedings Under The Employment Equality Acts 1998 and 2004) 2005 (S.I. No. 293 of 2005)
• District Court (Intoxicating Liquor) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 259 of 2005)
• District Court (Funds in Court) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 258 of 2005)
• District Court (Personal Injuries) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 257 of 2005)
• District Court (Section 40, Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 256 of 2005)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Tenders Between Defendants) 2005 (S.I. No. 249 of 2005)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Injuries) 2005 (S.I. No. 248 of 2005)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Section 40, Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004) 2005 (S.I. No. 247 of 2005)
• District Court (Domestic Violence) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 202 of 2005)
• District Court (Criminal Justice) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 201 of 2005)
• District Court (Criminal Justice Act, 1994) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 200 of 2005)
• District Court (Registration of Clubs) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 198 of 2005)
• District Court (Summonses) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 167 of 2005)
• The Rules of the Superior Courts (Competition Proceedings) 2005 (S.I. No. 130 of 2005)
• District Court (Small Claims) (Amendment) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 121 of 2005)
• District Court (European Arrest Warrant) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 119 of 2005)
• District Court (Appeals To The Circuit Court) Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 80 of 2005)
• Circuit Court Rules (European Arrest Warrant Act 2003) 2005 (S.I. No. 57 of 2005)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 77 Amendment) Rules) 2005 (S.I. No. 51 of 2005)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 and Extradition Acts 1965 To 2001) 2005 (S.I. No. 23 of 2005)
• Rules of the Superior Court (Lawyers' Establishment Regulations) 2005 (S.I. No. 15 of 2005)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Commission To Inquire Into Child Abuse Act 2000) 2004 (S.I. No. 884 of 2004)
• Circuit Court Rules (Service in Member States of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil Or Commercial Matters) 2004 (S.I. No. 883 of 2004)
• Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction and The Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil Or Commercial Matters) 2004 (S.I. No. 882 of 2004)
• Circuit Court Rules (Jurisdiction and The Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matrimonial Matters) 2004 (S.I. No. 881 of 2004)
• Circuit Court Rules (Employment Equality Act 1998) 2004 (S.I. No. 880 of 2004)
• Circuit Court Rules (Equal Status Act 2000) 2004 (S.I. No. 879 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Teaching Council Act 2001) 2004 (S.I. No. 815 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Planning and Development Act, 2000) 2004 (S.I. No. 813 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Court of Criminal Appeal) 2004 (S.I. No. 812 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Bail Applications) 2004 (S.I. No. 811 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Aviation Regulation Act 2001) 2004 (S.I. No. 810 of 2004.)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 85) 2004 (S.I. No. 767 of 2004)
• Circuit Court Rules (Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001) 2004 (S.I. No. 721 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002) 2004 (S.I. No. 701 of 2004)
• District Court (Food Safety) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 700 of 2004)
• District Court (Children) (No. 2) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 666 of 2004)
• District Court (Taxes Consolidation Act 1997) (Amendment) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 586 of 2004)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) (Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003) 2004 (S.I. No. 542 of 2004)
• District Court (Children) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 539 of 2004)
• District Court (Estreatment of Recognisances) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 535 of 2004)
• District Court (Railway Infrastructure) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 534 of 2004)
• District Court (Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 526 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003) 2004 (S.I. No. 517 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 130 (Amendment) Rules) 2004 (S.I. No. 471 of 2004)
• Circuit Court Rules (No.2) (Section 39 Criminal Justice Act 1994) 2004 (S.I. No. 448 of 2004)
• District Court (Intellectual Property) Rules 2004 (S.I. No. 411 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Amendment To Order 118) 2004 (S.I. No. 253 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Right of Attorney General and Human Rights Commissioner To Notice of Proceedings Involving Declaration of Incompatibility Issue Rules) 2004 (S.I. No. 211 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Shorthand Reporting) 2004 (S.I. No. 137 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 27 (Amendment) Rules) 2004 (S.I. No. 63 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Commercial Proceedings) 2004 (S.I. No. 2 of 2004)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Courts-Martial Appeal Court Rules) 2003 (S.I. No. 646 of 2003)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (Fees Payable To Commissioners For Oaths) 2003 (S.I. No. 616 of 2003)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 4) (Restoration of Companies To The Register Pursuant To Section 12 of the Companies Act 1982 As Inserted by Section 46 of the Companies (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1999) 2003 (S.I. No. 615 of 2003)
• District Court (Maintenance) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 614 of 2003)
• District Court (Appeals To The Circuit Court) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 484 of 2003)
• District Court (Theft and Fraud Offences) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 412 of 2003)
• District Court (Estreatment of Recognisances) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 411 of 2003)
• District Court (Small Claims) (Amendment) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 410 of 2003)
• District Court (Terms of Employment Information) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 409 of 2003)
• District Court (Taxes Consolidation Act 1997) (Amendment) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 283 of 2003)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) (Remuneration of Committees of Wards of Court) 2002 (S.I. No. 208 of 2002)
• District Court (Company Law Enforcement) Rules 2002 (S.I. No. 207 of 2002)
• District Court (Sex Offenders) Rules 2002 (S.I. No. 206 of 2002)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 117 of 2002)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) (Chief Prosecution Solicitor) 2001 (S.I. No. 535 of 2001)
• Circuit Court Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 510 of 2001)
• District Court (Criminal Justice) (No. 2) Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 448 of 2001)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) (Sex Offenders Act) 2001 (S.I. No. 433 of 2001)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 302 of 2001)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) (Investor Compensation Act 1998) 2001 (S.I. No. 270 of 2001)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) (Amendment To Order 3) 2001 (S.I. No. 269 of 2001)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) (Amendment To Order 77) 2001 (S.I. No. 268 of 2001)
• District Court (Criminal Justice) Rules 2001 (S.I. No. 194 of 2001)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) (Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991) 2001 (S.I. No. 94 of 2001)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 44 of 2001)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) Documentation For Review of Taxation) 2000 (S.I. No. 329 of 2000)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 5) (Offer of Payment in Lieu of Lodgement) 2000 (S.I. No. 328 of 2000)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) (Amendment of Order 70A) 2000 (S.I. No. 327 of 2000)
• District Court (Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997) Rules 2000 (S.I. No. 238 of 2000)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) (Parental Leave Act 1998) 2000 (S.I. No. 208 of 2000)
• District Court (Attachment and Committal) Rules 2000 (S.I. No. 196 of 2000)
• District Court (Offences Against The State (Amendment) Act 1998) Rules 2000 (S.I. No. 166 of 2000)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) (Courts-Martial Appeal Court Rules (Amendment)) 2000 (S.I. No. 105 of 2000)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) (Domestic Violence Act 1996) 2000 (S.I. No. 104 of 2000)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) (Powers of Attorney Act 1996) 2000 (S.I. No. 66 of 2000)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) Order 1999 (S.I. No. 433 of 1999)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) (Data Protection Act 1988) 1999 (S.I. No. 374 of 1999)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) (Organisation of Working Time Act 1997) 1999 (S.I. No. 373 of 1999)
• District Court (Affidavits) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 286 of 1999)
• District Court (Discovery of Documents) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 285 of 1999)
• District Court (Taxes Consolidation Act 1997) Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 234 of 1999)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) (Discovery) 1999 (S.I. No. 233 of 1999)
• District Court (Ejectment) Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 218 of 1999)
• District Court [Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997] Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 217 of 1999)
• District Court (Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998) Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 216 of 1999)
• District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 191 of 1999)
• District Court (Costs) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 126 of 1999)
• District Court (Custody and Guardianship of Children) Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 125 of 1999)
• District Court (Attachment and Committal) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 124 of 1999)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) (Proof of Foreign Diplomatic, Consular and Public Documents) 1999 (S.I. No. 3 of 1999)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 7) (Appeals From The Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal) 1998 (S.I. No. 392 of 1998)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 6) (Disclosure of Reports and Statements) 1998 (S.I. No. 391 of 1998)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 5) (Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Compellability, Privileges and Immunities of Witnesses) Act, 1997) 1998 (S.I. No. 381 of 1998)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) (Review of the Award of Public Contracts) 1998 (S.I. No. 374 of 1998)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) (Freedom of Information Act, 1997) 1998 (S.I. No. 325 of 1998)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) (Applications Pursuant To Article 28.4.3 of the Constitution) 1998 (S.I. No. 281 of 1998)
• District Court (Domestic Violence) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 201 of 1998)
• District Court (Bankers' Books Evidence) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 170 of 1998)
• District Court (Licensing) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 123 of 1998)
• District Court (Extradition) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 89 of 1998)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 73 of 1998)
• District Court (Family Law) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 42 of 1998)
• District Court (Criminal Justice) Rules 1998 (S.I. No. 41 of 1998)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) (Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994) 1998 (S.I. No. 14 of 1998)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 3) 1997 (S.I. No. 500 of 1997)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 8) (Disclosure and Admission of Reports and Statements) (Amendment) 1997 (S.I. No. 471 of 1997)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 7) 1997 (S.I. No. 348 of 1997)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 6) of 1997 (S.I. No. 347 of 1997)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 5) 1997 (S.I. No. 346 of 1997)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) 1997 (S.I. No. 344 of 1997)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) of 1997 (S.I. No. 343 of 1997)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1997 (S.I. No. 166 of 1997)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) of 1997 (Adoptive Leave Act 1995) (S.I. No. 118 of 1997)
• District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) of 1997 (Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989 and Family Law Act 1995 and Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996) (S.I. No. 84 of 1997)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1997 (S.I. No. 52 of 1997)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1996 (S.I. No. 377 of 1996)
• District Court [Local Government (Delimitation of Water Supply Disconnection Powers) Act 1995] Rules 1995 (S.I. No. 93 of 1996)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1996 (S.I. No. 5 of 1996)
• District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1995 (S.I. No. 377 of 1995)
• District Court (Child Care) Rules 1995 (S.I. No. 338 of 1995)
• District Court (Service of Summonses) Rules 1995 (S.I. No. 305 of 1995)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1995 (S.I. No. 243 of 1995)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1995 (S.I. No. 216 of 1995)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1995 (S.I. No. 215 of 1995)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1994 (Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977-1993 and Payment of Wages Act, 1991) (S.I. No. 279 of 1994)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1994 (S.I. No. 273 of 1994)
• District Court (Extradition) Rules 1994 (S.I. No. 266 of 1994)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) of 1994 (S.I. No. 225 of 1994)
• District Court (Service Abroad of Documents in Civil Or Commercial Matters) Rules 1994 (S.I. No. 120 of 1994)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1994 (S.I. No. 101 of 1994)
• District Court (Compensation Order) Rules 1994 (S.I. No. 63 of 1994)
• District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1993 (S.I. No. 356 of 1993)
• District Court (Set-Off Or Counterclaim) Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 317 of 1992)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) of 1993 (S.I. No. 265 of 1993)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1992 (S.I. No. 260 of 1992)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1993 (S.I. No. 238 of 1993)
• District Court (Costs) Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 225 of 1992)
• Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act 1851 (Adaptation) (No. 2) Order 1992 (S.I. No. 174 of 1992)
• District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 119 of 1992)
• District Court (Service of Summonses) Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 116 of 1992)
• District Court (Criminal Damage Act 1991) Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 53 of 1992)
• District Court (Social Welfare - Contribution Towards Benefit Or Allowance) Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 47 of 1992)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1992 (S.I. No. 46 of 1992)
• District Court (Small Claims Procedure) Rules 1991 (S.I. No. 310 of 1991)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) of 1991 (S.I. No. 278 of 1991)
• Superior Court Rules (No. 2) of 1991 (S.I. No. 177 of 1991)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) of 1991 (S.I. No. 159 of 1991)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1991 (S.I. No. 147 of 1991)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1991 (S.I. No. 67 of 1991)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) 1990 (S.I. No. 281 of 1990)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1990 (S.I. No. 229 of 1990)
• District Court (Costs) (Amendment) Rules 1990 (S.I. No. 194 of 1990)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1990 (S.I. No. 155 of 1990)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1990 (S.I. No. 143 of 1990)
• Rules of Superior Courts (No. 1) 1990 (S.I. No. 97 of 1990)
• District Court (Costs) Rules 1990 (S.I. No. 67 of 1990)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1989 (S.I. No. 310 of 1989)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1989 (S.I. No. 289 of 1989)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1989 (S.I. No. 204 of 1989)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1989 (S.I. No. 79 of 1989)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1989 (S.I. No. 20 of 1989)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1989 (S.I. No. 14 of 1989)
• District Court [Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (European Communities) Act, 1988] Rules 1988 (S.I. No. 173 of 1988)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1988 (S.I. No. 166 of 1988)
• District Court (Criminal Justice Act 1984) Rules 1988 (S.I. No. 158 of 1988)
• District Court (Status of Children Act 1987) Rules 1988 (S.I. No. 152 of 1988)
• District Court (Renewal of Intoxicating Liquor Licences) Rules 1988 (S.I. No. 145 of 1988)
• District Court (Malicious Injuries) Rules 1987 (S.I. No. 209 of 1987)
• District Court (Form of Summons) Rules 1987 (S.I. No. 23 of 1987)
• The Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986)
• District Court (Criminal Procedure Act 1967) Rules 1985 (S.I. No. 23 of 1985)
• District Court (Third Party Procedure) Rules 1984 (S.I. No. 3 of 1985)
• District Court (Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Acts 1963 To 1983) Rules 1984 (S.I. No. 2 of 1985)
• District Court (Gaming and Lotteries) Rules 1984 (S.I. No. 1 of 1985)
• District Court [Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983] Rules 1984 (S.I. No. 327 of 1984)
• District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1984 (S.I. No. 119 of 1984)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1984 (S.I. No. 118 of 1984)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1983 (S.I. No. 370 of 1983)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1983 (S.I. No. 283 of 1983)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1983 (S.I. No. 267 of 1983)
• District Court (Costs) (Amendment) Rules 1983 (S.I. No. 173 of 1983)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1983 (S.I. No. 125 of 1983)
• District Court [Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act 1982] Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 296 of 1982)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 7) 1982 Family Home Protection Act 1976 (S.I. No. 244 of 1982)
• District Court (Costs) Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 218 of 1982)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 4) 1982 (Local Government (Planning & Development) Act 1976) (S.I. No. 190 of 1982)
• District Court [Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959] Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 180 of 1982)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 6) 1982 (S.I. No. 158 of 1982)
• District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 157 of 1982)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 5) 1982 (S.I. No. 156 of 1982)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 3) 1982 (Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act 1981 (S.I. No. 152 of 1982)
• District Court (Malicious Injuries Act 1981) Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 149 of 1982)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1982 (Malicious Injuries Act 1981) (S.I. No. 142 of 1982)
• District Court (Guardianship of Infants Act 1964) Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 141 of 1982)
• District Court (Interest on Decrees and Lodgements) Rules 1982 (S.I. No. 140 of 1982)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1982 Fisheries Acts 1959 To 1978 (S.I. No. 34 of 1982)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1981 (S.I. No. 383 of 1980)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 3) 1981 (Transfer of Trial To The Dublin Circuit Court) (S.I. No. 329 of 1981)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 4) 1981 (Publication of Sittings of the Dublin Circuit Court) (S.I. No. 318 of 1981)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1981 (Unfair Dismissals Act 1977) (S.I. No. 316 of 1981)
• District Court [Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act 1981] Rules 1981 (S.I. No. 246 of 1981)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 5) 1981 (S.I. No. 245 of 1981)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) 1981 (S.I. No. 237 of 1981)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1981 (S.I. No. 130 of 1981)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1981 (S.I. No. 124 of 1981)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) of 1981 (S.I. No. 32 of 1981)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1981 (Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979) (S.I. No. 20 of 1981)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 4) 1980 (S.I. No. 384 of 1980)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) (No. 2) Order 1980 (S.I. No. 363 of 1980)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1980 (S.I. No. 319 of 1980)
• District Court [Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976] Amendment Rules 1980 (S.I. No. 268 of 1980)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1980 (S.I. No. 129 of 1980)
• District Court [Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976] Amendment Rules 1980 (S.I. No. 128 of 1980)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1980 (S.I. No. 127 of 1980)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1980 (S.I. No. 48 of 1980)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1980 (S.I. No. 42 of 1980)
• District Court (Costs) Rules 1979 (S.I. No. 370 of 1979)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 3) 1979 (S.I. No. 360 of 1979)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1979 (S.I. No. 282 of 1979)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1979 (S.I. No. 66 of 1979)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1979 (Unfair Dismissals Act 1977) (S.I. No. 10 of 1979)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 5) 1978 (S.I. No. 314 of 1978)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1978 (S.I. No. 295 of 1978)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 4) 1978 (S.I. No. 205 of 1978)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 3) 1978 (S.I. No. 190 of 1978)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1978 (S.I. No. 138 of 1978)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1978 (S.I. No. 130 of 1978)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1978 (S.I. No. 77 of 1978)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1977 (S.I. No. 194 of 1977)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1977 (S.I. No. 186 of 1977)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (Section 46) Order 1977 (S.I. No. 141 of 1977)
• District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1977 (S.I. No. 131 of 1977)
• The Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1976 (S.I. No. 286 of 1976)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1976 (S.I. No. 266 of 1976)
• District Court [Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976] Rules 1976 (S.I. No. 96 of 1976)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (Section 46) Order 1976 (S.I. No. 62 of 1976)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1975 (S.I. No. 106 of 1975)
• District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1975 (S.I. No. 99 of 1975)
• District Court (Maintenance Orders Act 1974) Rules 1975 (S.I. No. 58 of 1975)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) of 1975 (S.I. No. 15 of 1975)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) of 1974 (S.I. No. 261 of 1974)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1974 (S.I. No. 256 of 1974)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1974 (S.I. No. 193 of 1974)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Section 46) Order 1973 (S.I. No. 226 of 1973)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1973 (S.I. No. 220 of 1973
• District Court (Counsel's Fees) Rules 1973 (S.I. No. 39 of 1973)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 3) 1972 (S.I. No. 322 of 1972)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1972 (S.I. No. 300 of 1972)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1972 (S.I. No. 189 of 1972)
• District Court (Costs) Rules 1972 (S.I. No. 175 of 1972)
• District Court (Courts Act 1971) Rules 1972 (S.I. No. 68 of 1972)
• District Court (Summons Servers Fee) Rules 1971 (S.I. No. 352 of 1971)
• District Court (Costs For Service of Documents) Rules 1971 (S.I. No. 351 of 1971)
• The Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1971 (S.I. No. 284 of 1971)
• District Court (Extradition Act, 1965) Amending Rules 1971 (S.I. No. 275 of 1971)
• The Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1971 (S.I. No. 226 of 1971)
• District Court (Charge Sheet) Rules 1971 (S.I. No. 225 of 1971)
• Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (Section 46) Order 1971 (S.I. No. 186 of 1971)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1971 (S.I. No. 129 of 1971)
• Circuit Court Rules 1971 (S.I. No. 41 of 1971)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1970 (S.I. No. 38 of 1971)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1970 (S.I. No. 27 of 1971)
• District Court (Costs) Rules 1970 (S.I. No. 315 of 1970)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 2) 1970 (S.I. No. 308 of 1970)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1970 (S.I. No. 149 of 1970)
• District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1970 (S.I. No. 35 of 1970)
• District Court (Extradition Act, 1965) Rules 1968 (S.I. No. 279 of 1968)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1968 (S.I. No. 66 of 1968)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1967 (S.I. No. 219 of 1967)
• District Court (Criminal Procedure Act, 1967) Rules 1967 (S.I. No. 181 of 1967)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1967 (S.I. No. 63 of 1967)
• District Court (Summons-Servers Fee) Rules 1966 (S.I. No. 211 of 1966)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3) 1966 (S.I. No. 185 of 1966)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 2) 1966 (S.I. No. 169 of 1966)
• Circuit Court Rules 1966 (S.I. No. 128 of 1966)
• Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1) 1966 (S.I. No. 28 of 1966)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1965 (S.I. No. 202 of 1965)
• District Court (Costs) Rules 1964 (S.I. No. 279 of 1964)
• Circuit Court Rules (No. 1) 1964 (S.I. No. 167 of 1964)
• District Court (Hire-Purchase) Rules 1963 (S.I. No. 214 of 1963)
• District Court (Summary Judgment) Rules 1963 (S.I. No. 213 of 1963)
• District Court (Costs) Rules 1962 (S.I. No. 206 of 1962)
• District Court (Amending) Rules 1962 (S.I. No. 178 of 1962)
• District Court (Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1956) Rules 1962 (S.I. No. 9 of 1962)
• District Court Rules (No. 2) 1962 (S.I. No. 8 of 1962)
• District Court Rules (No. 1) 1962 (S.I. No. 7 of 1962)
All statutory instruments up to and including District Court (Child Care) Rules 2026 (S.I. No. 281 of 2026), made 12 June 2026, were considered in the preparation of this revision.