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Amendment of Act of 1995
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18. The Act of 1995 is amended—
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(a) in section 25, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
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“(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section and section 26 of this Act, the Master of the High Court may, in all such applications made ex parte or by motion on notice whether interlocutory or otherwise and in all such applications for judgment by consent or in default of appearance or defence as may from time to time be allocated for hearing by the Master of the High Court by the President of the High Court or, for matters within the jurisdiction of the Family High Court, the Principal Judge of the Family High Court, exercise all the functions, powers and jurisdiction which a judge of the High Court, or the Family High Court, as the case may be, exercises from time to time.”,
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and
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(b) in section 50—
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(i) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “or, in the case of a debt arising in family law proceedings, the Family High Court” after “in the High Court for a debt or a liquidated sum”,
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(ii) in subsection (2), by the insertion of “or in the Family High Court for a debt arising in family law proceedings” after “in the High Court for a debt or a liquidated sum”,
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(iii) in subsection (3), by the insertion of “or, in the case of a debt arising in family law proceedings, the Family Circuit Court” after “in the Circuit Court for a debt or a liquidated sum”,
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(iv) in subsection (4), by the insertion of “or, in the case of family law proceedings, a judge of the Family High Court” after “High Court”, and
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(v) in subsection (5), by the insertion of “or, in the case of family law proceedings, a judge of the Family Circuit Court” after “Circuit Court”.
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