Family Courts Act 2024
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PART 5 Family District Court | ||
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Chapter 1 Establishment, jurisdiction and proceedings of Family District Court | ||
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Establishment and constitution of Family District Court | ||
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36. Section 5 of the Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961 is amended— | ||
(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1): | ||
“(1A) On the coming into operation of section 36 of the Family Courts Act 2024, there shall stand established a division of the District Court to be known as ‘an Chúirt Dúiche Teaghlaigh’ (‘the Family District Court’).”, | ||
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(b) in subsection (2)— | ||
(i) in paragraph (a), by the deletion of “and”, | ||
(ii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a): | ||
“(aa) a judge who shall be styled ‘an Príomh-Bhreitheamh den Chúirt Dúiche Teaghlaigh’ (‘the Principal Judge of the Family District Court’), and”, | ||
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(iii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b): | ||
“(b) such number of other judges (each of whom shall be styled ‘Breitheamh den Chúirt Dúiche’) (‘Judge of the District Court’) as may from time to time be fixed by Act of the Oireachtas and from among those Judges of the District Court such number of judges (each of whom shall, while so acting, be styled ‘Breitheamh den Chúirt Dúiche Teaghlaigh’) (‘Judge of the Family District Court’) as may from time to time be fixed by Act of the Oireachtas.”. |