Family Courts Act 2024
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Amendment of Act of 1964 | ||
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73. The Act of 1964 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 5— | ||
(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court or the Family District Court” for “Circuit Court or the District Court”, and | ||
(ii) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2): | ||
“(2) Subject to section 67 of the Family Courts Act 2024, the Family District Court and the Family Circuit Court, on appeal from the Family District Court, shall not have jurisdiction to make an order under this Act for the payment of a periodical sum at a rate greater than €500 per week towards the maintenance of a child or a lump sum order greater than €50,000 for the benefit of a child.”, | ||
(b) in section 6BA(3) (inserted by section 227(c) of the Act of 2024), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court” for “Circuit Court”, | ||
(c) in section 6BB(3) (inserted by section 227(c) of the Act of 2024), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court” for “Circuit Court”, | ||
(d) in section 13, by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “the court”: | ||
“ ‘the court’ means the Family Circuit Court or the Family District Court;”, | ||
(e) in section 26, by the substitution of “Family District Court” for “District Court”, and | ||
(f) in section 30— | ||
(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court or the Family District Court” for “Circuit Court or the District Court”, and | ||
(ii) by the deletion of subsection (2). |