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Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961
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Repealed (12.05.1981) by Courts Act 1981 (11/1981), s. 32(1) and sch.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.