Rules Of The Superior Courts (Order 61A) 2019.
Date | 18 February 2019 |
Statutory Instrument No. | 66/2019 |
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in |
“Iris Oifigiúil” 26th of February, 2019. |
We, the Superior Courts Rules Committee, constituted pursuant to the provisions of the Courts of Justice Act 1936 , section 67, and reconstituted pursuant to the provisions of the Courts of Justice Act 1953 , section 15, by virtue of the powers conferred upon us by the Courts of Justice Act 1924 , section 36, the Courts of Justice Act, 1936, section 68 (as applied by the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , section 48), the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby make the following Rules of Court. |
Dated this 15th day of November, 2018. |
Frank Clarke |
George Birmingham |
Peter Kelly |
Elizabeth Dunne |
Michael Peart |
John A. Edwards |
Deirdre Murphy |
Teresa Pilkington |
Conor Dignam |
Gr[html]inne Larkin |
Liam Kennedy |
Mary Cummins |
Noel Rubotham |
John Mahon |
I concur in the making of the following Rules of Court. |
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, |
Dated this 18th day of February, 2019. |
CHARLES FLANAGAN, |
Minister for Justice and Equality. |
1. (1) These Rules, which may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 61A) 2019, shall come into operation on the 15th day of March 2019. |
(2) These Rules shall be construed together with the Rules of the Superior Courts. |
(3) The Rules of the Superior Courts as amended by these Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts 1986 to 2019. |
2. The Rules of the Superior Courts are amended: |
(i) by the substitution for rule 1 of Order 61A of the following rule: |
“1. When: |
(i) a civil action is transferred to the Court from the Circuit Court, by order of a Circuit Court Judge made in accordance with section 21(2) of the Courts of Justice Act 1936 , or |
(ii) a civil action or appeal is sent forward to the Court from the Circuit Court, by order of a Circuit Court Judge made in accordance with section 22(8)(a) of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , or |
(iii) proceedings are transferred to the Court from the Circuit Court, by order of a County Registrar made in accordance with sub-paragraph (xxviii) of paragraph 1 of the Second Schedule to the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 , |
the following provisions of this Order shall apply, subject to any order made or direction given in accordance with rule 3.” |
(ii) by the insertion in rule 1 of Order 125, immediately following the definition... |
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