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31 1995

COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS ACT, 1995

PART I

Preliminary and General

Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Courts and Court Officers Act, 1995.

(2) Sections 3 (2), 4 , 5 and 44 shall come into operation on such day as the Government may fix by order after consultation with the Chief Justice and the President of the High Court.

(3) The collective citation “the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1991”, shall be deemed to include the Courts Act, 1991 , and the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1991 .

(4) This Act, in so far as it amends or extends the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1991, shall be construed as one therewith and those Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1995.

(5) This Act, in so far as it amends or extends the Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1991, shall be construed as one therewith and those Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1995.

(6) Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, extended, adapted or applied by or under any subsequent enactment, (including this Act).

Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

the Act of 1961” means the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 ;

Court of Justice” means the Court of Justice of the European Communities;

the Minister” means the Minister for Justice.

Repeals.

3. —(1) The enactments mentioned in column (2) of Part I of the First Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section the enactments mentioned in column (2) of Part II of the First Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule.

(3) Section 44 (2) of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939 , shall apply and have effect for the purposes of that subsection notwithstanding the repeal of sections 28 and 29 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 and section 12 of the Act of 1961.