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S.I. No. 268/1980 - District Court [Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976] Amendment Rules, 1980.
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
1. These Rules may be cited as the District Court [
Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976
] Amendment Rules, 1980.
2. These Rules shall come into operation on the first day of September, 1980, and shall be read together with all other District Court Rules for the time being in force.
3. Rule 5 of the District Court [
Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976
] Rules, 1976 (
S.I. No. 96 of 1976
) is hereby amended by the addition of the following:—
"Where however the District Court Clerk for such Court area, having consulted a justice for the time being assigned to the District within which such area is situate, certifies on a Summons that the proceedings are urgent, he may issue the Summons for and the proceedings may be heard and determined at any Court in the District".
Dated this 28th day of July, 1980.
T. F. DONNELLY Chairman.
WILLIAM A. TORMEY
J. MICHAEL MacGRATH
LAURENCE CULLEN
SEAMUS O CATHASAIGH
I concur in the making of the foregoing Rules.
Dated this 20th day of August, 1980.
GERARD COLLINS,
Minister for Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
These rules provide that where it is certified that proceedings, initiated under the
Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976
, are urgent, they may be heard and determined at any Court in the District Court District concerned.
S.I. No. 268 of 1980.
DISTRICT COURT [FAMILY LAW (MAINTENANCE OF SPOUSES AND CHILDREN) ACT, 1976] AMENDMENT RULES, 1980.
The District Court Rules Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by
section 91
of the
Courts of Justice Act, 1924
,
section 72
of the
Courts of Justice Act, 1936
, and
section 17
of the
Interpretation Act, 1937
(as applied by
section 48
of the
Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961
), and
section 34
of the
Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961
, do hereby with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice, make the following Rules of Court:—