(LRC Revised)

Number 13 of 2020

CIVIL LAW AND CRIMINAL LAW (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2020

REVISED

Updated to 9 February 2026

Changes to legislation

as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.

This Revised Act is an administrative

consolidation of the

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

2020

. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function

under the

Law Reform Commission Act 1975

(3/1975) to keep the law under review

and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the

Credit Review Act 2026

(1/2026), enacted 3 February 2026, and all statutory instruments up to and including

the

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (Section 31) Disciplinary

Committee of the Teaching Council of Ireland (Designation) Order 2026

(S.I. No. 30 of 2026), made 4 February 2026, were considered in the preparation of

this Revised

Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act,

the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees,

undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature

of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from

any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email

to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

Number

13

of

2020

CIVIL LAW AND CRIMINAL LAW

(MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2020

REVISED

Updated to 9 February 2026

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

1. Short title, commencement and collective citation

2. Definitions

3. Expenses

4. Orders

5. Repeals

PART 2

Amendments to Coroners Act 1962

6. Definition (Part 2)

7. Assignment and appointment of temporary coroner in exceptional circumstances

8. Arrangements for coroners’ districts other than coroner’s district of Dublin

9. Amendment of section 14 of Principal Act

PART 3

Civil Proceedings

Chapter 1

Definition

10. Definitions

(Part 3)

Chapter 2

Remote hearing of civil proceedings

11. Remote hearing of civil proceedings

Chapter 3

Business records and other documents in civil proceedings

12. Definition (Chapter 3)

13. Business records in document form presumed to be admissible

14. Admissibility of business records: general

15. Notice of business records evidence

16. Admission and weight of business records evidence

17. Evidence as to credibility of supplier of information

18. Copies of business records admissible

19. Evidence of resolution of Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann

Chapter 4

Miscellaneous

20. Use of electronic means in civil proceedings

21. Statement of truth

PART 4

Criminal Procedure

22. Interpretation (Part 4)

23. Certain applications to court in criminal proceedings to be heard using live video

link

24. Certain applications to court in relevant proceedings to be heard using live video

link

25. Evidence through live video link

26. Remote hearing of appeal proceedings

27. Amendment of section 17 of Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914

28. Power of court to make arrangements for conduct of criminal proceedings or relevant

proceedings

PART 5

Miscellaneous

29. Remote meetings of State body

30. Remote meetings of unincorporated body

31. Remote hearings by designated body

32. Execution of documents in counterpart

33. Power to alter or vary order

Acts Referred to

Charities Act 2009

(No. 6)

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008

(No. 14)

Companies Act 2014

(No. 38)

Coroners Act 1962

(No. 9)

Coroners Acts 1962 to 2019

Courts of Justice Act 1953

(No. 32)

Criminal Evidence Act 1992

(No. 12)

Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914

(4 & 5 Geo. 5) c.58

Criminal Procedure Act 1967

(No. 12)

European Arrest Warrant Act 2003

(No. 45)

Extradition Act 1965

(No. 17)

International Criminal Court Act 2006

(No. 30)

International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1998

(No. 40)

Interpretation Act 2005

(No. 23)

Prisons Act 2007

(No. 10)

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

(No. 26)

Number

13

of

2020

CIVIL LAW AND CRIMINAL LAW

(MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2020

REVISED

Updated to 9 February 2026

An Act to make provision for the

assignment and appointment of temporary coroners in certain exceptional circumstances;

to

provide for the authorisation of deputy coroners to act concurrently with coroners

in

certain exceptional circumstances; and for those and other purposes to amend the

Coroners Act

1962

; to provide for the admissibility, in certain circumstances, of business

records in civil proceedings; to make provision for remote hearings and the use of

electronic means in civil proceedings and the making of statements of truth; to make

provision for the making of certain applications in certain proceedings using live

video

link, the giving of certain evidence using live video link, the remote hearing of

certain

proceedings in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, the amendment of

section

17

of the

Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914

, the power of a court to

make arrangements for the conduct of certain proceedings and the repeal of

sections

33

and

34

of the

Prisons Act 2007

; to make provision for the holding of

meetings of State bodies by remote meeting; to make provision, having regard to the

risk to

human life and public health posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19,

in

relation to the holding of meetings of unincorporated bodies by remote meeting; to

make

provision for bodies conducting hearings under enactments to do so by remote means;

to make

provision for the execution of certain documents in counterpart; to amend the

Courts of Justice Act

1953

; and to provide for related matters.

[6

th

August

, 2020]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas

as follows

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

1. Short title, commencement and collective citation

2. Definitions

3. Expenses

4. Orders

5. Repeals

PART 2

Amendments to Coroners Act 1962

6. Definition (Part 2)

7. Assignment and appointment of temporary coroner in exceptional circumstances

8. Arrangements for coroners’ districts other than coroner’s district of Dublin

9. Amendment of section 14 of Principal Act

PART 3

Civil Proceedings

Chapter 1

Definition

10. Definitions

(Part 3)

Chapter 2

Remote hearing of civil proceedings

11. Remote hearing of civil proceedings

Chapter 3

Business records and other documents in civil proceedings

12. Definition (Chapter 3)

13. Business records in document form presumed to be admissible

14. Admissibility of business records: general

15. Notice of business records evidence

16. Admission and weight of business records evidence

17. Evidence as to credibility of supplier of information

18. Copies of business records admissible

19. Evidence of resolution of Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann

Chapter 4

Miscellaneous

20. Use of electronic means in civil proceedings

21. Statement of truth

PART 4

Criminal Procedure

22. Interpretation (Part 4)

23. Certain applications to court in criminal proceedings to be heard using live video

link

24. Certain applications to court in relevant proceedings to be heard using live video

link

25. Evidence through live video link

26. Remote hearing of appeal proceedings

27. Amendment of section 17 of Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914

28. Power of court to make arrangements for conduct of criminal proceedings or relevant

proceedings

PART 5

Miscellaneous

29. Remote meetings of State body

30. Remote meetings of unincorporated body

31. Remote hearings by designated body

32. Execution of documents in counterpart

33. Power to alter or vary order