S.I. No. 161/2024 - Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 61) 2024 (2024_si_161) | IE

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Reg. 1 S.I. No. 161/2024 - Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 61) 2024 Open official source

1. (1) These Rules, which may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 61) 2024, shall come into operation on the 26th day of April 2024.

(2) These Rules shall be construed together with the Rules of the Superior Courts.

(3) The Rules of the Superior Courts as amended by these Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts 1986 to 2024.

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Reg. 2 S.I. No. 161/2024 - Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 61) 2024 Open official source

2. These Rules shall apply to appeals initiated on and from the date on which these Rules come into operation.

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Reg. 3 S.I. No. 161/2024 - Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 61) 2024 Open official source

3. The notice of appeal shall, in the case of appeals to the High Court sitting in Dublin, be for the first opportunity after the expiration of ten days from the time permitted for service of the notice of appeal, and, in the case of appeals to the High Court on Circuit, be for the next sitting of the High Court on Circuit after the expiration of the said ten days.”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

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These rules amend Order 61 of the Rules of the Superior Courts to increase the time prescribed for the filing of an appeal from the Circuit Court to the High Court to 28 days and to provide that service is to follow the filing of an appeal.

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Preamble S.I. No. 161/2024 - Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 61) 2024 Open official source

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

26

th April,

2024.

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, the

Courts of Justice Act, 1936

, section 68 (as applied by the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961

, section 48), the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961

, and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby make the following Rules of Court.

Dated this 1st day of February 2024.

Donal O’Donnell (Chairperson)

George Birmingham

Elizabeth Dunne

Brian Murray

Máire R. Whelan

Nuala Butler

Richard Humphreys

Siobhán Phelan

Yvonne McNamara

Gráinne Larkin

Michele O’Boyle

Áine Hynes

James Finn

Mary Cummins

John Mahon

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

Dated this 18th day of April 2024.

HELEN MCENTEE

Minister for Justice

S.I. No. 161/2024 - Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 61) 2024

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