Courts Act, 1981
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Jurisdiction under Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Orders) Act, 1930. |
14.—Section 19 of the Act of 1971 is hereby amended by— | |
(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2): | ||
“(2) (a) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, the Circuit Court shall, concurrently with the District Court, have jurisdiction to hear and determine proceedings under the said Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Orders) Act, 1930 , and the said Act shall apply with any necessary modifications and adaptations, in relation to any such proceedings in the Circuit Court, or on appeal therefrom in the High Court. | ||
(b) Rules of Court shall provide for the conduct of proceedings in the Circuit Court under the said Act in a summary manner.”, and | ||
(b) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): | ||
“(3) (a) The District Court and the Circuit Court, on appeal from the District Court, shall not have jurisdiction to make an order under the said Act for the payment of a periodical sum exceeding £30 per week for the maintenance and education of a child. | ||
(b) Subject to paragraph (c) of this subsection, | ||
nothing in this section shall be construed as conferring— | ||
(i) on the District Court jurisdiction to make an order under the said Act in any matter in relation to which the High Court or Circuit Court has made an order there-under, or | ||
(ii) on the Circuit Court jurisdiction to make an order under the said Act in any matter in relation to which the High Court has made an order thereunder. | ||
(c) The District Court and the Circuit Court may vary or revoke an order made by the High Court under the said Act before the commencement of section 14 of the Courts Act, 1981, if— | ||
(i) the circumstances to which the order of the High Court related have changed other than by reason of such commencement, and | ||
(ii) in the case of a variation or revocation of such an order by the District Court, the provisions of the order would have been within the jurisdiction of that Court if the said section 14 had been in operation at the time of the making of the order.”. |