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S.I. No. 300/1972 - The Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1), 1972.

S.I. No. 300 of 1972.

THE RULES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS (No. 1), 1972.

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, and the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 , section 68 (as applied by the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 , section 48) and the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 , section 14, and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby make the annexed Rules of Court.

Dated this 24th day of November, 1972.

CEARBHALL Ó DÁLAIGH

AINDRIAS Ó CAOIMH

BRIAN WALSH

SEÁN DE BUITLÉIR

WELDON R. C. PARKE

THOMAS A. O'REILLY

RALPH J. WALKER

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

Dated this 5th day of December, 1972.

DESMOND O'MALLEY,

Aire Dlí agus Cirt.

RULES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS (No. 1), 1972.

1. In Appendix W, the amounts of costs specified for the several items in Parts I, V, VI, and VII shall be increased by twenty per cent in relation to business done after these Rules have come into operation.

2. These Rules shall be construed together with the Rules of the Superior Courts, and may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 1), 1972.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Rules, which come into operation on 5 December, 1972, provide for an increase in certain costs prescribed in Appendix W (as amended) to the Rules of the Superior Courts ( S.I. No. 72 of 1962 ). The costs affected are those specified in Part I (Institution of Proceedings etc.), Part V (Bankruptcy), Part VI (Appeals from Circuit Court) and Part VII (Fees Payable to Commissioners For Oaths). The Minister for Industry and Commerce has, under section 2 (2) (a) of the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972 , consented to the exercise by the rule-making authority (the Superior Courts Rules Committee with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice) of their statutory powers to determine the costs dealt with in the Rules.