S.I. No. 42/1980 - Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (Section 46) Order, 1980.

1. This Order may be cited as the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961

(Section 46) Order, 1980.

2. (1) The sums payable by way of remuneration to the several judges of the Supreme Court, the High Court and the Circuit Court and the several justices of the District Court shall with effect from the 26th day of June, 1979, be and be deemed to have been—

to the Chief Justice

£26,520 a year

to the President of the High Court

£23,050 a year

to each ordinary Judge of the Supreme Court

£22,050 a year

to each ordinary Judge of the High Court

£19,580 a year

to the President of the Circuit Court

£19,580 a year

to each ordinary Judge of the Circuit Court

£16,210 a year

to the President of the District Court

£16,210 a year

to each other justice of the District Court

£13,240 a year

(2) Each sum specified in paragraph (1) of this Article shall, with effect from the 1st day of March 1980, be increased by—

(

a

) an amount equal to 7 per cent. of that sum, and

(

b

) £125.28

being increases calculated in accordance with the provisions of clause 2.1. (excluding the second subparagraph) of Appendix 1 of the National Understanding for Economic and Social Development dated July, 1979.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 19th day of February, 1980.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This order gives to the judiciary the increase with effect from 26 June, 1979 recommended in Report No. 20 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector (Prl. 8148) and the second phase increases provided for in the National Understanding for Economic and Social Development.

S.I. No. 42 of 1980.

COURTS (SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS) ACT, 1961 (SECTION 46) ORDER, 1980.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by

section 46

(9) of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961

(No. 39 of 1961) (inserted by

section 1

of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1968

(No. 21 of 1968) as amended by

section 11

of the

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act, 1977

(No. 29 of 1977), hereby make the following order