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39 1961

COURTS (SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS) ACT, 1961

FIFTH SCHEDULE

Adaptations (in relation to the Circuit Court and the judges thereof) of certain British statutes relating to former County Courts, Courts of Quarter Sessions and judges thereof

Section 22 (4)

Session and Chapter

Short Title

Adaptation

(1)

(2)

(3)

7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 53.

Excise Management Act, 1827.

The references to the justices of the peace assembled at the general quarter sessions shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court.

6 & 7 Vic. c. 36.

Scientific Societies Act, 1843.

In section 2, the references to the recorder or justices shall be construed as references to the judge of the circuit where the land or buildings of the society are situate.

12 & 13 Vic. c. 104.

Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1849.

In section 18, the reference to a judgment obtained in any action or suit in a superior court shall be construed as including a reference to a j udgment of the Circuit Court.

In section 29, the references to an assistant barrister, the chairman of the sessions of the peace of the county of Dublin or a recorder shall be construed as references to the judge of the Circuit Court before whom the proceedings are pending.

14 & 15Vic. c. 90.

Fines (Ireland) Act, 1851.

In section 10, as amended by section 2 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 18), the references to an assistant barrister, recorder of a city or borough and the chairman of quarter sessions for the county of Dublin shall be construed as references to a judge of the Circuit Court.

14 & 15 Vic. c. 93.

Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851.

In section 34, as amended by section 2 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 18), the first reference to quarter sessions shall be construed as a reference to the Circuit Court.

17 & 18 Vic. c. 103.

Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854.

In section 44, the reference to the court of the assistant barrister shall be construed as a reference to the Circuit Court.

23 & 24 Vic. c. 4.

Annual Revision of Rateable Property (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1860.

References to the court of quarter sessions shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court. References to the chairman of quarter sessions shall be construed as references to a judge of the Circuit Court.

23 & 24 Vic. c. 154.

Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland, 1860.

In section 70, the reference to an assistant barrister shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court.

In section 79, the references to the chairman of the county shall be construed as references to the judge of the circuit where the lands or premises to which the certificate of desertion relates or any part thereof are situate.

27 & 28 Vic. c. 52.

Valuation (Ireland) Act, 1864.

The references to quarter sessions shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court.

33 & 34 Vic. c. 28.

Attorneys' and Solicitors' Act, 1870.

In section 8, the references to fifty pounds shall be construed as references to six hundred pounds.

33 & 34 Vic. c. 46.

Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870.

In sections 59, 60 and 61, the references to the civil bill court of a county shall be construed as references to the judge of the circuit where the county is situate.

34 & 35 Vic. c. 78.

Regulation of Railways Act, 1871.

In section 7, the reference to a county court judge shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court.

35 & 36 Vic. c. 58.

Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1872.

In sections 81 to 86, the references to the chairman of quarter sessions within whose jurisdiction the debtor had a fixed abode at the time of the adjudication of bankruptcy shall be construed as references to the judge of the circuit where the debtor had a fixed abode at the time of the adjudication of bankruptcy.

37 & 38 Vic. c. 72.

Fines (Ireland) Act, 1851, Amendment Act, 1874.

In section 2, the reference to an assistant barrister, recorder or chairman shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court.

38 & 39 Vic. c. 17.

Explosives Act, 1875.

In section 66, the reference to a county court judge shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court.

38 & 39 Vic. c. 90.

Employers and Workmen Act, 1875.

In section 8, the reference to a county court shall be construed as a reference to the Circuit Court.

39 & 40 Vic. c. 36.

Customs Consolidation Act, 1876.

In the definition (contained in section 284) of “justice”, the reference to a county court judge shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court.

40 & 41 Vic. c. 56.

County Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act, 1877.

In section 47, the reference to five hundred pounds shall be construed as a reference to two thousand pounds and the reference to thirty pounds as a reference to sixty pounds.

41 & 42 Vic. c. 52.

Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

In section 115, the reference to the court of quarter sessions shall be construed as a reference to the Circuit Court.

41 & 42 Vic. c. 76.

Telegraph Act, 1878.

In section 4 (including that section as applied by section 4 of the Telegraph Act, 1892 (55 & 56 Vic. c. 49), sections 3 and 5 of the Telegraph (Construction) Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 33), and section 1 of the Telegraph (Construction) Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 40)), the references to the judge of the county court having jurisdiction within the district in which the difference has arisen shall be construed as references to the judge of the circuit where the district is situate.

44 & 45 Vic. c. 49.

Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881.

In subsection (1) of section 37, the reference to the civil bill court of the county where the matter requiring the cognizance of the court arises shall be construed as a reference to the judge of the circuit where the matter requiring the cognizance of the court arises.

56 & 57 Vic. c. 39.

Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1893.

In section 61, the reference to the county court of the district where the registered office of the society is situate shall be construed as a reference to the judge of the circuit where the registered office of the society is situate.

57 & 58 Vic. c. 60.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1894.

In paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section 547, the reference to the recorder or the chairman of quarter sessions shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court.

8 Edw. 7. c. 57.

Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1908.

In subsection (5) of section 1, the reference to the judge of county courts for the district in which the mine is situate shall be construed as a reference to the judge of the circuit where the mine is situate.

8 Edw. 7. c. 67.

Children Act, 1908.

In subsection (4) of section 74 and in subsection (2) of section 75, the references to the court of quarter sessions shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court.

1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 19.

Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1911.

In subsection (1) of section 6 (including that section as applied by section 12 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 45)), the references to the county court shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court, and the reference to one hundred pounds shall be construed as a reference to six hundred pounds.

1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 45.

Public Roads (Ireland) Act, 1911.

In subsection (4) of section 1, the reference to two hundred and fifty pounds shall be construed as a reference to six hundred pounds.

1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 50.

Coal Mines Act, 1911.

In section 11 (including that section as applied by section 1 of the Coal Mines Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 22)), the reference to a county court judge shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the Circuit Court.

In subsection (3) of section 77, the reference to the judge of the county court for the district in which the mine is situate shall be construed as a reference to the judge of the circuit where the mine is situate.

2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 30.

Trade Union Act, 1913.

In subsection (2) of section 3, the references to the county court shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court.

9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 45.

Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919.

In subsection (3) of section 25, the reference to thirty pounds shall be construed as a reference to sixty pounds and the reference to the county court as a reference to the Circuit Court.

10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 26.

Sheriffs (Ireland) Act, 1920.

In section 7, the references to a civil bill court shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court.