Seanad amendment No. 231:Schedule: In page 122, before the Schedule, to insert the following new section:149.--Section 17 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 is amended--(a) in subsection (2) (as amended by section 5 of the Court and Court Officers Act 2002), by deleting "A person" and substituting "Subject to subsection (4), a person", (b) in subsection (2A) (inserted by section 5 of the Court and Court Officers Act 2002), by deleting "A judge" and substituting "Subject to subsection (4), a judge", (c) in subsection (2B) (inserted by section 5 of the Court and Court Officers Act 2002), by deleting “A county registrar” and substituting “Subject to subsection (4), a county registrar”, (d) by inserting the following after subsection (2B) (inserted by section 5 of the Court and Court Officers Act 2002):“(2C) A specialist judge of the Circuit Court shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Circuit Court.”,and (e) by inserting the following after subsection (3):“(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.”.”.

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