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Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961
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.
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(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.
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(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Repealed (12.05.1981) by Courts Act 1981 (11/1981), s. 32(1) and sch., commenced on enactment.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Repealed (3.10.2022) by Judicial Council Act 2019 (33/2019), s. 3(b), S.I. No. 489 of 2022.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.
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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.
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(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:
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(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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