Court of Appeal Act 2014
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Amendment of Law Reform Commission Act 1975 | ||
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48. The Law Reform Commission Act 1975 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 1, by the substitution of the following for the definition of “judicial office”: | ||
“ ‘judicial office’, except where the context otherwise requires, means an office, being the office of President of the Court of Appeal, President of the High Court, ordinary judge of the Supreme Court, ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal or ordinary judge of the High Court;”, | ||
(b) in section 14— | ||
(i) in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a): | ||
“(aa) in case on being so appointed such person is the President of the Court of Appeal or another judge of the Court of Appeal, other than a judge who is ex officio an additional judge of that Court, then for so long as such person continues to hold the judicial office held by such person on so being appointed, the number of ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal otherwise provided for may be exceeded by one: | ||
Provided that, in the case of a former President of the Court of Appeal to whom section 4 (2) of the Courts (No. 2) Act 1997 relates, for so long as such person continues to hold the judicial office held on being so appointed, such person shall not be taken into account for the purposes of subsection (1A) of section 6 of that Act and any vacancy consequent on the application of that subsection to such person may be filled but without prejudice to the application of that subsection to that person upon his or her ceasing to be so appointed but remaining a former President of the Court of Appeal to whom the said section 4(2) relates,”, | ||
(ii) in subsection (2)(c), by the insertion of “, the Court of Appeal” after “Supreme Court”, and | ||
(iii) in subsection (2A), by the insertion of “, Court of Appeal” after “Supreme Court”. |