S.I. No. 481/2023 - Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 74) 2023

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd October, 2023.

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 27th day of June, 2023.

Donal O’Donnell (Chairperson)

George Birmingham

David Barniville

John A. Edwards

Máire R. Whelan

Richard Humphreys

Siobhán Phelan

Yvonne McNamara

Grainne Larkin

Liam Kennedy

Michele O’Boyle

James Finn

Mary Cummins

John Mahon

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

Dated this 29th day of September, 2023.

Helen McEntee

Minister for Justice

1. (1) These Rules, which may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts (Order 74) 2023, shall come into operation on the 1st day of October 2023.

(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 2023.

2. The Rules of the Superior Courts are amended:

(i) by the deletion from Order 74 of rule 94, and

(ii) by the deletion from Appendix M of Form No. 54.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These rules amend the Rules of the Superior Courts by the deletion of Order 74, rule 94 and Form No. 54, Appendix M following establishment of the Corporate Enforcement Authority.