Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961

Offices and officers, etc. under Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1951.

55.—(1) The provisions set out in the Eighth Schedule to this Act shall apply in relation to offices and officers to be attached to the High Court, the Supreme Court and the President of the High Court respectively.

(2) (a) Every Circuit Court office shall become and be attached to the Circuit Court.

(b) Every county registrar shall become and be attached to the Circuit Court.

(c) Every assignment of a county registrar made or deemed to have been made under section 10 of the Act of 1945 before the operative date shall, if it is in force immediately before the operative date, continue in force and be deemed to have been made under the said section 10, as applied by section 48 of this Act.

(3) (a) Every district court clerk shall become and be attached to the District Court.

(b) Every assignment of a district court clerk made under section 48 of the Act of 1926 before the operative date shall, if it is in force immediately before the operative date, continue in force and be deemed to have been made under the said section 48 as applied by section 48 of this Act.

(4) Any requisition made under section 9 of the Act of 1945 before the operative date shall, if it is in force immediately before the operative date, continue in force and be deemed to have been made under the said section 9, as applied by section 48 of this Act.

(5) Any appointment made under section 4 (which relates to deputies for district court clerks) of the Court Officers Act, 1951 , before the operative date shall, if it is not terminated before the operative date, be deemed to have been made under the said section 4, as applied by section 48 of this Act.

(6) The following provisions shall apply to any person who, immediately before the operative date, holds any office, employment or position under the Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1951—

(a) he shall continue to hold his office, employment or position as if this Act had not been passed,

(b) nothing in this Act shall affect the terms and conditions on and subject to which he held his office, employment or position immediately before the operative date.

(7) The business to be transacted in the Circuit Court office for the circuit consisting of the county and county borough of Cork, pursuant to section 37 of the Act of 1926, shall include the business of the Cork Local Admiralty Court and the Cork Local Bankruptcy Court, and section 65 of the Act of 1936 (which relates to the prescribing of court fees) shall have effect accordingly.