S.I. No. 383/1981 - Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (Section 46) Order, 1981.

1. This Order may be cited as the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (Section 46) Order, 1981.

2. The sum payable by way of remuneration to each judge of the Supreme Court, the High Court and the Circuit Court and each justice of the District Court shall, with effect from the 1st day of June, 1981, be and be deemed to have been increased by an amount equal to 7 per cent. of that sum, being increases calculated in accordance with the provisions of clause 3.1 (excluding the second and fourth subparagraphs) of Part 2 of the Second National Understanding for Economic and Social Development dated October, 1980, and the said sums, as so increased, are set out in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

to the Chief Justice

£37,297 a year

to the President of the High Court

£32,351 a year

to each ordinary Judge of the Supreme Court

£30,497 a year

to each ordinary Judge of the High Court

£27,405 a year

to the President of the Circuit Court

£27,405 a year

to each ordinary Judge of the Circuit Court

£22,460 a year

to the President of the District Court

£22,460 a year

to each other Justice of the District Court

£18,750 a year

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 3rd day of November, 1981.

GARRET FITZGERALD,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This order gives to the judiciary, with effect from 1 June, 1981, the second phase 7% increase provided for in the Second National Understanding for Economic and Social Development.

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