S.I. No. 461/2025 - Circuit Court Rules (Combined Court Offices) 2025

1. Provision

2. Amendment

Order 1, rule 5

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 4, rule 1(1)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 5, rule 8

Substitute “in the Office” for “with the County Registrar”

Order 14B, rule 7

Substitute “the office of the transmitting agency” for “the County Registrar’s office”

Order 14B, rule 8

Substitute “When properly received, the Receiving Agency shall serve” for “When properly received, the County Registrar, as Receiving Agency, shall serve”

Order 15, rule 1(2)

Substitute “sent by post to the Office” for “sent by post to the County Registrar”

Order 15, rule 7A

Substitute “sent by post to the Office” for “sent by post to the County Registrar”

Order 15, rule 11

Substitute “kept in the Office” for “kept by the County Registrar”

Order 15, rule 13

Substitute “upon the lodgment in the Office or (where the amount concerned has been lodged with the Accountant) with the Accountant and the Combined Court Office Manager,” for “upon the lodgment with the County Registrar or (where the amount concerned has been lodged with the Accountant) with the Accountant and the County Registrar,”

Order 15, rule 20

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 15, rule 22(f)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 15, rule 22(g)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 18, rule 8

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 18, rule 9

Substitute “County Registrar or, if the County Registrar is not available, the Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 18, rule 10

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 18, rule 11

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 20, rule 2

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 21, rule 2

Substitute “on application to the County Registrar” for “upon producing to the County Registrar a consent in writing signed by the parties”

Order 23, rule 3

Substitute “an order may be made for the examination upon oath before the Court, or before any other suitable person, and at any convenient place, of any witness or person,” for “an order may be made for the examination upon oath before the Court, or before any officer in the Office and nominated by the County Registrar, or by the Judge, or before any other suitable person, and at any convenient place, of any witness or person,”

Order 24, rule 1(1)

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 25, rule 10

Substitute “shall have endorsed thereon in the Office the date” for “shall have endorsed thereon by the County Registrar a memorandum of the date”

Order 26, rule 2(c)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 29, rule 7

Substitute “7. Where judgment by consent in the Office under this rule is refused, the parties or any of them same may apply to the Court by notice of motion for the entry of such judgment.” for this rule

Order 35, rule 1

Substitute “in the Office” for “with the County Registrar”

Order 35, rule 3

Substitute “in the Office” for “with the County Registrar”

Order 35, rule 4

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 35, rule 5

Substitute “in the Office” for “with the County Registrar”

Order 38, rule 8

Substitute “8. A debt attachment book shall be kept in the Office; and in such book entries shall be made of the attachment and proceedings thereon, with names, dates, and statements of the amount recovered, and otherwise; and copies of any entries made therein may be taken by any person upon request in the Office.” for this rule

Order 41, rule 1

Substitute “to the Office” for “to the County Registrar”

Order 41, rule 5

Substitute “out of the Office” for “by the County Registrar”

Order 41, rule 6

Substitute “out of the Office” for “by the County Registrar”

Order 41, rule 8

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 41A, rule 1

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar or (as the case may be) the combined court office manager”

Order 46, rule 3

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 46, rule 7

Substitute “Upon the receipt of such affidavit, the Office shall indorse” for “Upon the receipt by the County Registrar of such affidavit he shall indorse”

Order 46, rule 8

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 46, rule 9

Substitute “Office” for each reference to “County Registrar”

Order 46, rule 12

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 47, rule 4

Substitute “shall issue the Civil Bill and file the affidavits in the Office,” for “shall issue the Civil Bill and affidavits with the County Registrar,”

Order 47, rule 14

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 47, rule 15

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 47, rule 16

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 47, rule 18

Substitute “file in the Office” for “file with the County Registrar”, and substitute “produced to the Combined Court Office Manager” for “exhibited to the County Registrar”

Order 49, rule 4(iii)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 49, rule 6(a)

Substitute “in the Office” for “with the County Registrar”

Order 49, rule 6(b)

Substitute “in the Office” for “with the County Registrar”

Order 49, rule 7

Substitute “7. All notices served upon the Combined Court Office Manager, and the advertisements in all newspapers lodged in the Office, in connection with such applications, shall be filed in the Office.” for this rule

Order 51, rule 2(10)

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 51, rule 3(10)

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 52, rule 1(11)

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 53A, rule 5(2)

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 53A, rule 7(1)(c)

Substitute “in the Office” for “by the County Registrar”

Order 55, rule 8

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 56, rule 1(8)

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 56, rule 2(9)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 58, rule 11

Substitute “in the Office” for “with the County Registrar”

Order 58, rule 17

Substitute “in the Office” for “with the County Registrar”

Order 59, rule 7(5)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Caption preceding Order 59, rule 10

Delete the words “the County Registrar or other”

Order 59, rule 10

Substitute “or another court officer” for “or the County Registrar”

Order 59, rule 55(6)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 59, rule 56(4)

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 59, rule 82(3)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 59, rule 85(5)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 59, rule 91

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 59, rule 94(a)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 59, rule 101

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for each reference to “County Registrar”

Order 59, rule 112(1)(a)

Substitute “in the Office” for “with the County Registrar”

Order 59A, rule 6

Substitute “on filing, shall be entered” for “the County Registrar shall thereupon enter same”

Order 59A, rule 9(1)

Substitute “in the Office” for “on the County Registrar”

Order 59A, rule 23(6)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for each reference to “County Registrar”

Order 59A, rule 38

Substitute “or another court officer” for “or the County Registrar”

Order 61, rule 1

Substitute “the Office shall” for “the County Registrar shall”

and

“and the signature of a duly authorised officer” for “and the signature of the County Registrar”

Order 61A, rule 4(2)(a)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 62, rule 3

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 62, rule 5

Substitute “in the Office” for “with the County Registrar”

Order 62, rule 8

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 62, rule 9

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 63, rule 1(4)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 63, rule 6

Substitute “Office” for “County Registrar”

Order 64A, rule 2(2)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 64A, rule 2(4)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 64A, rule 2(10)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 64A, rule 2(12), second reference (may be transmitted by the County Registrar to the Accountant)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 64A, rule 3(1)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 64A, rule 6, second reference (upon receipt from the County Registrar of a certified copy)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 68A, rule 2(1)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 68A, rule 2(2)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 68A, rule 2(3)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 68A, rule 4(3)

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 68B, rule 1

Substitute “in the Office” for “with the County Registrar”

Order 71, rule 8

Substitute “Combined Court Office Manager” for “County Registrar”

Order 72A, rule 4

Substitute “in the Office” for “with the County Registrar”

Order 72B, rule 5(2)

Substitute “in the Office” for “with the County Registrar”

Order 73, rule 1

Delete the definition of “proper officer”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

)

These rules remove references throughout the Circuit Court rules to the County Registrar where managerial functions formerly exercised by County Registrars now reside with combined court office managers.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

7

th October,

2025.

We, the Circuit Court Rules Committee, by virtue of the powers conferred on us by

section 66

of the

Courts of Justice Act 1924

,

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

, with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, make the following Rules of Court.

Dated this 4th day of June 2025.

Patricia Ryan

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Chairperson

John Aylmer

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Sinéad Ni Chúlacháin

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Tomás Keys

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Tracy Ennis Faherty

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Siún Hurley

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Patricia Hickey

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James Finn

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

Dated this 26th day of September 2025.

Signed

JIM O’CALLAGHAN,

Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.