Courts and Court Officers Act, 1995

Amendment of section 2 of Courts Act, 1977.

(a) by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraph (a) (inserted by the Courts Act, 1991 ) of subsection (1):

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

(aa) There shall be three judges of the Circuit Court permanently assigned to the Cork Circuit.”,

and

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2) (inserted by the Courts Act, 1991 ):

“(2) Where a judge of the Circuit Court is appointed, the Government shall permanently assign him or her—

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

(b) to the Cork Circuit if at the date of the appointment there are less than three judges permanently assigned to that circuit, or

(c) to any other circuit to which at the date of appointment there is no judge permanently assigned.”.