S.I. No. 67/1991 - Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1), 1991.
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
1. Order 90 of the Rules of the Superior Courts is amended by the substitution of the following Rule for Rule 1 thereof
"1. Every appeal under the
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981
, Section 299 or Section 300 (4) shall be brought by Special Summons".
2. Order 90, Rule 5 of the Rules of the Superior Courts is amended by the deletion of the words "said Minister" in each place where they occur and the substitution therefor in each such place of "Chief Appeals Officer".
3. These Rules shall be construed together with the Rules of the Superior Courts and may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1), 1991.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
These rules amend the terms of Order 90 of the Rules of the Superior Courts to take account of the provisions of
Section 20
of the
Social Welfare Act, 1990
(which
inter alia
amends
Section 299
of the
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981
in relation to appeals) by substituting references to the Chief Appeals Officer for references to the Minister for Social Welfare.
S.I. No. 67 of 1991.
RULES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS (No. 1), 1991.
We, the Superior Courts Rules Committee, constituted pursuant to the provisions of the
Courts of Justice Act, 1936
, section 67, and reconstituted pursuant to the provisions of the
Courts of Justice Act, 1953
, section 15, by virtue of the powers conferred upon us by the
Courts of Justice Act, 1924
, section 36, and the
Courts of Justice Act, 1936
, section 68 (as applied by the
Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961
, section 48) and the
Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961
, section 14, and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby make the annexed Rules of Court.
Dated this 5th day of March, 1991.
Thomas A. Finlay
Michael M. Collins
Anthony J. Hederman
W. Brendan Allen
Declan Costello
David R. Pigot
Frank Griffin
Edward Comyn
I concur in the making of the annexed Rules of Court.
Dated this 21st day of March, 1991.
RAY BURKE,
Aire Dli agus Cirt.
RULES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS (No. 1), 1991.