James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No 56:

In page 16, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:

“Definitions (Part 8)

27.In this Part—

“Act of 1926” means the Court Officers Act 1926;

“Act of 1936” means the Courts of Justice Act 1936;

“Act of 1961” means the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961.”

Amendment No. 57 replaces section 27(4) of the Court Officers Act 1926 and seeks to broaden the eligibility requirements for appointment as the deputy master of the High Court. Members of staff of the Courts Service employed for a period of nine years or more in certain court offices and those who hold "such other qualifications as the Courts Service, with the consent of the President of the High Court, determines to be appropriate" will now be eligible for appointment.

Amendment No 58 amends section 35 of the Courts of Justice Act 1936 to provide a statutory basis for the removal of the county registrar by Government and outlines circumstances in which a county registrar shall cease to hold office.

Amendments Nos. 56 and 78 make consequential amendments to definitions and the Long Title.