S.I. No. 433/2016 - Circuit Court Rules (Judges' Robes) 2016.

1. These Rules, which may be cited as the Circuit Court Rules (Judges’ Robes) 2016, shall come into operation on the 3 day of October 2016.

2. These Rules shall be construed together with the Circuit Court Rules 2001 to 2016.

3. The Circuit Court Rules 2001 to 2016 as amended by these Rules may be cited as the Circuit Court Rules 2001 to 2016.

4. Order 3 of the Circuit Court Rules is amended by the substitution for Rule 1 of the following rule

“1.(1) Save as otherwise provided by Statute or these Rules, and subject to sub-rules (2) to (4), the official attire which shall be worn by the Judges during the sittings of the Court shall be as follows

(

a

) a black coat and vest of uniform nature and material, of the kind heretofore worn by Senior Counsel and a black gown of uniform make and white bands as heretofore worn or

(

b

) a black gown of uniform nature and material with sleeves bearing dark red double ribbon banding and a single white neck tab.

(2) A Judge shall not be required to wear a wig of a ceremonial type during such sittings.

(3) The official attire which shall be worn during such sittings by a Judge appointed to the Court after the coming into operation of sub-rule (1) and this sub-rule shall be that specified in paragraph (

b

) of sub-rule (1).

(4) In proceedings to which Order 59 or Order 59A apply, the Judges shall during the sittings of the Court wear white bands or a single white neck tab.”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Rules amend Order 3 of the Circuit Court Rules to provide for new official attire for the judges of the Circuit Court.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

5

th August

, 2016.

We, the Circuit Court Rules Committee, constituted pursuant to the provisions of

section 69

of the

Courts of Justice Act 1936

, by virtue of the powers conferred on us by

section 66

of the

Courts of Justice Act 1924

and

section 70

of the

Courts of Justice Act 1936

, (as applied by

section 48

of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961

) and

section 27

of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961

, and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby, with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice and Equality, make the annexed Rules of Court.

Dated this 7th day of June 2016.

(Signed): Raymond Groarke

(Chairman of the Circuit Court Rules Committee)

Alison Lindsay

Sarah Berkeley

David Dodd

Fiona Duffy Coady

Keith Walsh

Ronan Boylan

Rita Considine

Noel Rubotham

I concur in the making of the above Rules of Court.

Dated this 22nd day of July 2016

Signed: FRANCES FITZGERALD,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

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CIRCUIT COURT RULES (JUDGES’ ROBES) 2016