Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023
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Amendment of Courts Service Act 1998 | ||
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118. The Courts Service Act 1998 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 6(2)— | ||
(i) in paragraph (j), by the substitution of “designate court venues,” for “designate court venues, and”, | ||
(ii) in paragraph (k), by the substitution of “ Courts and Court Officers Act 2009 ,” for “ Courts and Court Officers Act 2009 .”, and | ||
(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (k): | ||
“(l) designate a court office as a centralised court office, specify or vary the business that may or shall be transacted in such a court office, or revoke the designation of such an office, under section 94 of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023, and | ||
(m) designate a court office as a designated court office under section 4A of the Juries Act 1976 for the purposes of that Act,”. | ||
(b) in section 7— | ||
(i) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): | ||
“(1) Subject to subsection (1A), the Service shall prepare and submit to the Minister, for approval by the Minister with or without amendment, a strategic plan for the ensuing three year period.”, | ||
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(ii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1): | ||
“(1A) After the date of the coming into operation of section 118 of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (in this subsection referred to as the ‘commencement date’)— | ||
(a) the strategic plan submitted to the Minister on 9 December 2020, which shall be deemed to have been submitted in accordance with subsection (1) as it stood before the commencement date, shall remain in effect until the approval by the Minister of a new strategic plan under subsection (1), | ||
(b) the new strategic plan referred to in paragraph (a) shall be prepared and submitted to the Minister under subsection (1) on a date (in this subsection referred to as the ‘submission date’) not later than three years and six months after 9 December 2020, and | ||
(c) a strategic plan shall thereafter be prepared and submitted to the Minister under subsection (1) within six months before each third anniversary of the submission date.”, | ||
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(c) in subsection (1) of section 21, by the deletion of “3 year”. |