Courts of Justice Act, 1936

Registrars to the High Court on Circuit.

42.—(1) In every county and county borough (other than the county of Dublin and the county borough of Dublin) the county registrar for such county or county borough shall act as registrar to the High Court on Circuit when sitting in such county or county borough, and shall perform and fulfil such other duties and functions in relation to that Court as shall be assigned to him by Rules of Court.

(2) It shall be lawful for the Minister for Justice, whenever he shall think proper so to do after consultation with the President of the High Court, to direct one or more of the officers for the time being serving in the Central Office of the High Court to travel to a particular appeal town for a particular sitting of the High Court on circuit in that appeal town and there perform such duties as are mentioned in that behalf in this section.

(3) It shall be lawful for the Minister for Justice, whenever he shall think proper so to do after consultation with the Chief Justice, to direct one or more of the officers for the time being serving in the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court to travel to a particular appeal town for a particular sitting of the High Court on circuit in that appeal town and there perform such duties as are mentioned in that behalf in this section.

(4) Every officer who is directed under this section to travel to an appeal town for a sitting of the High Court on circuit shall travel to such appeal town in accordance with such directions and shall there act as registrar (in addition to the county registrar) to the High Court on circuit during the said sitting of that Court, and shall be and stay in such appeal town for such time before, during, and after such sitting as shall be necessary for the proper discharge of his duties as such registrar.

(5) Every officer travelling to and staying in an appeal town in pursuance of this section shall receive, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, such travelling expenses and subsistence allowance in respect of such travelling and staying as the Minister for Justice shall, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, from time to time direct.