Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013

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Amendment of section 17 of Courts Act 1981

19. Section 17 (inserted by section 14 of the Act of 1991) of the Courts Act 1981 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2)—

(i) by substituting “Subject to subsection (3A), in any action” for “In any action”,

(ii) by substituting “€64,000” for “£25,000”, and

(iii) by substituting “€75,000” for “£30,000”,

(b) in subsection (3)—

(i) by substituting “Subject to subsection (3A), in any action” for “In any action”,

(ii) by substituting “€15,000” for “£5,000”, and

(iii) by substituting “€38,000” for “£15,000”,

(c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(3A) Where an action referred to in subsection (2) or (3) is a personal injuries action—

(a) the reference in subsection (2) to ‘€64,000’ shall be read as ‘€51,000’ and the reference to ‘€75,000’ shall be read as ‘€60,000’, and

(b) the reference in subsection (3) to ‘€38,000’ shall be read as ‘€30,000’.”,

and

(d) by substituting the following for subsection (6):

“(6) In this section—

‘personal injuries action’ has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 ;

‘relief’ includes damages.”.