Courts Service Act, 1998

Establishment of Service.

4.—(1) On the establishment day there shall be established a body to be known as An tSeirbhís Chúirteanna or, in the English language, the Courts Service (in this Act referred to as “the Service”) to perform the functions conferred on it by this Act.

(2) The Service shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and power to sue and be sued in its corporate name.

(3) The Service shall, subject to this Act, be independent in the performance of its functions.