Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013
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Amendment of section 17 of Courts Act 1981 | ||
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19. Section 17 (inserted by section 14 of the Act of 1991) of the Courts Act 1981 is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (2)— | ||
(i) by substituting “Subject to subsection (3A), in any action” for “In any action”, | ||
(ii) by substituting “€64,000” for “£25,000”, and | ||
(iii) by substituting “€75,000” for “£30,000”, | ||
(b) in subsection (3)— | ||
(i) by substituting “Subject to subsection (3A), in any action” for “In any action”, | ||
(ii) by substituting “€15,000” for “£5,000”, and | ||
(iii) by substituting “€38,000” for “£15,000”, | ||
(c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3): | ||
“(3A) Where an action referred to in subsection (2) or (3) is a personal injuries action— | ||
(a) the reference in subsection (2) to ‘€64,000’ shall be read as ‘€51,000’ and the reference to ‘€75,000’ shall be read as ‘€60,000’, and | ||
(b) the reference in subsection (3) to ‘€38,000’ shall be read as ‘€30,000’.”, | ||
and | ||
(d) by substituting the following for subsection (6): | ||
“(6) In this section— | ||
‘personal injuries action’ has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 ; | ||
‘relief’ includes damages.”. |