S.I. No. 806/2004 - District Court Districts and Areas (Amendment) (Derreen and Tuam) Order, 2004

1. (

a

) This Order may be cited as the District Court Districts and Areas (Amendment) (Derreen and Tuam) Order, 2004.

(

b

) This Order shall come into operation on 1st January, 2005.

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

S.I. No. 5 of 1961

), is hereby amended by—

(

a

) the deletion at reference number 84 of the matter in columns (2), (3), (4) and (5), and

(

b

) the substitution at reference number 101 for the matter in column (5) of the following

“

The area comprising the District Electoral Division of Abbey East, Abbey West, Ballinderry, Ballynapark, Belclare, Carrowrevagh, Claretuam, Cummer, Foxhall, Hillsbrook, Kilbennan, Killeen, Killererin, Kilmoylan, Kilshanvy, Levally, Moyne, Ryehill, Tuam Rural and Tuam Urban in the county of Galway.

”.

3. The Schedule to the District Court Areas (Amendment) Order, 1970 (

S.I. No. 161 of 1970

), is hereby amended at reference number 7 in column (4) by the deletion of “Derreen,” and “84,”.

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, 10th December, 2004.

PETER SMITHWICK,

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

MIRIAM O’FLANAGAN,

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 amalgamation of the District Electoral Divisions of the District Court Area of Derreen into the District Court Area of Tuam.

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