S.I. No. 565/2018 - District Court (Bail) Rules 2018

1. (1) These Rules, which shall come into operation on the 9th day of January 2019, may be cited as the District Court (Bail) Rules 2018.

(2) These Rules shall be construed together with the District Court Rules 1997 (

S.I. No. 93 of 1997

) and all other District Court Rules.

(3) The District Court Rules as amended by these Rules may be cited as the District Court Rules 1997 to 2018.

2. The District Court Rules 1997 (

S.I. No. 93 of 1997

) are amended by the insertion, immediately following rule 2 of Order 20, of the following rule

“Arrest without warrant: section 6(10) of the

Bail Act 1997

3. —A person who is arrested without a warrant in accordance with

section 6

(10) of the

Bail Act 1997

shall, as soon as practicable, be brought before the Court that made the order directing that the recognisance be entered into.”

.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Rules amend Order 20 of the District Court Rules to facilitate the operation of

section 6

of the

Bail Act 1997

, as amended by

Section 6

of the

Criminal Justice Act 2017

.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

28

th December

, 2018.

The District Court Rules Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by

section 91

of the

Courts of Justice Act 1924

,

section 72

of the

Courts of Justice Act 1936

,

section 34

of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961

, and

section 24

of the

Interpretation Act 2005

, and of all other powers enabling them in this behalf, do hereby, with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice and Equality, make the following rules of court.

Dated this 24th day of July 2017.

Rosemary Horgan Chairperson

Mary C Devins

Brian Sheridan

Conal Gibbons

Anne Watkin

Shane McCarthy

Riobard Pierse

Roy Pearson

Noel A Doherty

Michelle Johnston

I concur in the making of the following rules of court.

Dated this 12th day of December 2018.

CHARLES FLANAGAN,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

S.I. No. 565 of 2018

DISTRICT COURT (BAIL) RULES 2018