Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013

Amendment of section 10 of Hotel Proprietors Act 1963

18. Section 10 of the Hotel Proprietors Act 1963 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) by substituting “Subject to subsection (3), the Circuit Court shall” for “The Circuit Court shall”, and

(ii) by substituting “€75,000” for “£30,000”,

(b) in subsection (2), by substituting “€15,000” for “£5,000”, and

(c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(3) (a) Where an action referred to in subsection (1) is a personal injuries action, the reference in that section to ‘€75,000’ shall be read as ‘€60,000’.

(b) In this subsection ‘personal injuries action’ has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 .”.