S.I. No. 419/2000 - District Court Districts and Areas (Amendment) and Variation of Days (Balla and Castlebar) Order, 2000.

The Courts Service, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 26 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1953 (No. 32 of 1953), as amended by section 43 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (No. 39 of 1961), section 16 of the Courts Act, 1971 (No. 36 of 1971) and section 29 of the Courts Service Act, 1998 (No. 8 of 1998) and after consultation with the President of the District Court, hereby orders as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the District Court Districts and Areas (Amendment) and Variation of Days (Balla and Castlebar) Order, 2000.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on 1st January, 2001.

2. The First Schedule to the District Court (Areas) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 5 of 1961 ) is hereby amended by—

(a) the deletion at reference number 170 of the matter in columns (2), (3), (4) and (5), and

(b) the substitution at reference number 177 for the matter in columns (4) and (5) of the following:

“

Castlebar—	The area comprising the District Electoral Divisions of Balla, Ballinafad, Ballyhean, Bellavary, Breaghwy, Burren, Burriscarra, Castlebar Rural, Castlebar Urban, Clogher (Castlebar), Cloonkeen, Croaghmoyle, Islandeady, Killavally, Manulla, Pontoon, Rosslee, Strade, Tawnynagry and Turlough in the county of Mayo.
First and Third Wednesday in each month at 10.30 a.m.
Fourth Thursday in February, April, June, October and December at 10.30 a.m.

”.

3. The Second Schedule to the District Court (Areas) Order, 1961 ( S.I. No. 5 of 1961 ) is hereby amended at reference number 153 by the substitution for the matter in column (4) of the following:

“Castlebar—

First and Third Wednesday in each month at 10.30 a.m.

Fourth Thursday in February, April, June, October and December at 10.30 a.m.”.

4. The Schedule to the District Court Areas (Amendment) Order, 1970 ( S.I. No. 161 of 1970 ), is hereby amended at reference number 3 by the deletion in column (4) of “Balla,”, and “170,”.

5. Business transacted in the District Court that is initiated and not completed before the commencement of this Order shall be continued and completed as if this Order had been in force at the time at which such business had been initiated.

	GIVEN under the Seal of the Courts Service, this 14th day of December, 2000.
	PETER SMITHWICK,
	Member of the Board of the Courts Service authorised to sign documents under the Seal of the Courts Service.
	MARIE RYAN,
	Officer of the Courts Service designated for the purpose of authenticating the Seal of the Courts Service, pursuant to section 10 of the Courts Service Act, 1998 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This order provides for the amalgamation of the District Court Area of Balla with the District Court Area of Castlebar and for the holding of sittings of the Castlebar District Court exercising its summary and civil jurisdiction on the first and third Wednesday in each month at 10.30 a.m. and on the fourth Thursday in February, April, June, October and December at 10.30 a.m.