Court of Appeal Act 2014
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Amendment of Electoral Act 1997 | ||
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55. The Electoral Act 1997 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 7, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a): | ||
“(a) (i) a judge of the Supreme Court, | ||
(ia) following consultation with the President of the Court of Appeal, a judge of the Court of Appeal, or | ||
(ii) following consultation with the President of the High Court, a judge of the High Court, | ||
nominated by the Chief Justice, who shall be the chairperson of the Commission,”, | ||
and | ||
(b) in section 8, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): | ||
“(1) Where, before the reports of a Constituency Commission have been presented to the Chairman of the Dáil under section 9, the person appointed to be the chairperson of the Commission— | ||
(a) through ill-health or other reasonable cause becomes unable to act as such chairperson, the Chief Justice shall assign another judge of the Supreme Court, or following consultation with— | ||
(i) the President of the Court of Appeal, another judge of the Court of Appeal, or | ||
(ii) the President of the High Court, another judge of the High Court, | ||
to be a member and the chairperson of the Commission; | ||
(b) ceases to hold office as a judge of the Supreme Court, of the Court of Appeal or of the High Court, the person shall continue as such chairperson until the reports of the Commission have been presented unless the Chief Justice assigns another judge of the Supreme Court, of the Court of Appeal or of the High Court to be a member and the chairperson of the Commission.”. |