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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 52: In page 16, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Functions of staff 40.The Courts Service may, notwithstanding any other provision of any enactment, appoint any member of staff of the Courts Service employed in a centralised court office under section 39as a district court clerk for such one or more district court areas in respect of which...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 53: In page 16, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Continuity of administration of justice not to be affected 41.(1) The continuity of the administration of justice shall not be interrupted by- (a) the designation of a centralised court office under section 36(1), (b) the specification of business as specified business under section 36(2),...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 54: In page 16, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Immunity from suit 42.Civil or criminal proceedings shall not lie in any court against the Courts Service, a member of staff of a court office or any other member of staff of the Courts Service in respect of anything said or done in good faith by the Courts Service or such a member of staff in...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 55: In page 16, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Electronic Registers 43.(1) Subject to subsection (2)and notwithstanding any other enactment, the Chief Executive Officer of the Courts Service may, where he or she considers it appropriate, having regard to the benefit of information being made available to the public in an electronic form and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: 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...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No 57: In page 16, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 27 of Act of 1926 28.Section 27 of the Act of 1926 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4): “(4) No person shall be appointed under this section to be a Deputy Master of the High Court unless at the time of his or her...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No 58: In page 16, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 35 of Act of 1936 29. Section 35 of the Act of 1936 is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (6): “(7) A County Registrar ceases to hold office if he or she is— (a) convicted on indictment of an offence, (b) convicted...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 59: In page 16, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 37 of Act of 1936 30.Section 37 of the Act of 1936 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2): “(3) The judge hearing an appeal under this section may, if he or she so thinks proper on the application of any party to such...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 60: In page 16, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 65 of Act of 1936 31.Section 65 of the Act of 1936 is amended— (a) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “subsection (2) and section 65A” for “subsection (2)”, and (b) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “subsection...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 61: In page 16, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Unpaid fees 32.The Act of 1936 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 65: “65A.(1) Where an accountable person, being a person, whether acting on his or her own behalf, or on behalf of another person, who is obliged to discharge a fee prescribed by...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 62: In page 17, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 7A of Act of 1961 29. Section 7A of the Act of 1961 is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (6): “(6A) Notwithstanding the generality of subsections (5) and (6), but subject to subsection (6C), in civil proceedings before...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 63: In page 17, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 22 of Act of 1961 30.Section 22 of the Act of 1961 is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection 15: “(16) In the interests of the administration of justice and the determination of proceedings in a manner which is just, expeditious...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 64: In page 17, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 36 of Act of 1961 31.Section 36 of the Act of 1961 is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (4): “(5) In the interests of the administration of justice and the determination of proceedings in a manner which is just,...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 65: In page 17, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “Court may award costs without oral hearing 32.The Act of 1961 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 61: “62.(1) Subject to subsection (2), a court in any proceedings before it may, in relation to its determination, or any part of its determination, of...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 66: In page 17, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “Amendment of Eighth Schedule to Act of 1961 33.The Eighth Schedule to the Act of 1961 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 17: “Qualification of Master of the High Court 17. No person shall be appointed to be Master of the High Court unless at...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 67: In page 17, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(a) in section 6(2)— (i) in paragraph (j), by the substitution of “designate court venues,” for “designate court venues, and”, (ii) in paragraph (k), by the substitution of “Courts and Court Officers Act 2009,” for “Courts and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 68: In page 18, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 36 of Succession Act 1965 33.Section 36 of the Succession Act 1965 is amended— (a) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “until he has satisfied himself, on the basis of an examination of all notices of applications for grants made to the Probate...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 69: In page 19, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “Maintenance and champerty not to apply to dispute resolution proceedings 35.The Arbitration Act 2010 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 5: “5A.(1) This section applies to dispute resolution proceedings. (2) The offences and torts of maintenance and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 70: In page 19, after line 36, to insert the following: “Amendment of Schedule 1 to Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 36.Schedule 1 to the Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 is amended, in column (5) opposite mention of reference number 9, in the amendment of section 27B(15) of the Gaming and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 71: In page 5, lines 6 and 7, to delete all words from and including “An” in line 6 down to and including “1956;” in line 7 and substitute the following: “An Act to make provision in relation to the grant of certificates of naturalisation and the authentication of certificates of nationality, and for those and other purposes to amend...