S.I. No. 310/2018 - Rules of the Superior Courts (Judicial Review) 2018

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 7th August, 2018.

We, the Superior Courts Rules Committee, constituted pursuant to the provisions of the Courts of Justice Act 1936 , section 67, and reconstituted pursuant to the provisions of the Courts of Justice Act 1953 , section 15, by virtue of the powers conferred upon us by the Courts of Justice Act 1924 , section 36, the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 , section 68 (as applied by the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , section 48), the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby make the following Rules of Court.

Dated this 15th day of March, 2018.

Frank Clarke		Gráinne Larkin
Peter Kelly		Stuart Gilhooly
Elizabeth Dunne		Michael Kavanagh
Michael Peart		Mary Cummins
Gerard Hogan		Noel Rubotham
Anthony Barr		John Mahon
Conor Dignam

I concur in the making of the following Rules of Court.

Dated this 2nd day of August, 2018.

CHARLES FLANAGAN,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

S.I. No. 310 of 2018

RULES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS (JUDICIAL REVIEW) 2018

1. (1) These Rules, which may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts (Judicial Review) 2018, shall come into operation on the 2nd day of September 2018.

(2) These Rules shall be construed together with the Rules of the Superior Courts.

(3) The Rules of the Superior Courts as amended by these Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts 1986 to 2018.

2. Appendix T to the Rules of the Superior Courts is amended by the substitution therein for Form 14 of the form set out in the Schedule.

Schedule

No. 14

AFFIDAVIT VERIFYING STATEMENT GROUNDING AN APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPLY FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OR A STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION

[to be appended to the statement concerned]

I, [name] of [address], aged eighteen years and upwards, being the [applicant]* [respondent]* in these proceedings, make oath and say as follows:

1. I have read this statement [or] This statement has been read to me by my solicitor.

2. So much of this statement as relates to my own acts and deeds is true, and so much of it as relates to the acts and deeds of any and every other person I believe to be true.

Sworn, &c

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These rules amend Appendix T of the Superior Courts Rules by the substitution of Form 14 as set out in the schedule.