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Courts Act, 1985

Amendment of Courts Act, 1977.

2.—The Courts Act, 1977 , is hereby amended—

(a) in section 1, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2) (inserted by section 30 of the Courts Act, 1981 ):

“(2) The number of ordinary judges of the Circuit Court shall not be more than fifteen”,

and

(b) in section 2—

(i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) (inserted by the said section 30) of subsection (1):

“(a) There shall be six judges of the Circuit Court permanently assigned to the Dublin Circuit.”,

and

(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) (inserted by the said section 30) of subsection (2):

“(a) to the Dublin Circuit if at the date of the appointment there are less than six judges permanently assigned to that circuit, or”.