S.I. No. 153/2004 - District Court Districts and Areas (Amendment) and Variation of Hours (District No. 5) Order, 2004

1. (

a

) This Order may be cited as the District Court Districts and Areas (Amendment) and Variation of Hours (District No. 5) Order, 2004.

(

b

) This Order shall come into operation on 27th April, 2004.

2. The First Schedule to the District Court (Areas) Order, 1961 (

S.I. No. 5 of 1961

), is hereby amended by—

(

a

) the substitution in column (4) of “10.30 a.m.” for “11.00 a.m.” at reference numbers 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 144, 193, 199 and 200,

and

(

b

) the substitution in column (4) of “10.30 a.m.” for “11.30 a.m.” at reference numbers 7 and 140.

3. The Second Schedule to the District Court (Areas) Order, 1961 (

S.I. No. 5 of 1961

), is hereby amended by—

(

a

) the substitution in column (4) of “10.30 a.m.” for “11.00 a.m.” at reference numbers 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 128, 164, 169 and 170,

and

(

b

) the substitution in column (4) of “10.30 a.m.” for “11.30 a.m.” at reference numbers 7 and 124.

4. Business transacted in the District Court that is initiated and not completed before the commencement of this Order shall be continued and completed as if this Order had been in force at the time at which such business had been initiated.

GIVEN under the Seal of the Courts Service, this 15th day of April, 2004.

PETER SMITHWICK,

Member of the Board of the Courts Service authorised to sign documents under the Seal of the Courts Service.

MARIE RYAN,

Officer of the Courts Service designated for the purpose of authenticating the Seal of the Courts Service, pursuant to

section 10

of the

Courts Service Act, 1998

.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This order provides for the sittings of the District Court exercising its civil and summary jurisdiction, in the District Court Areas of Arva, Ballinamore, Ballyconnell/Swanlinbar, Ballyjamesduff, Belturbet, Cavan, Clones, Cootehill, Kingscourt, Mohill, Monaghan, Oldcastle and Virginia to commence at 10.30 a.m.

The Courts Service, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

section 26

of the

Courts of Justice Act, 1953

(No. 32 of 1953), as amended by

section 43

of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961

(No. 39 of 1961),

section 16

of the

Courts Act, 1971

(No. 36 of 1971) and

section 29

of the

Courts Service Act, 1998

(No. 8 of 1998) and after consultation with the President of the District Court, hereby orders as follows