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Courts Act, 1981

Amendment of Courts Act, 1977.

30.—The Courts Act, 1977 , is hereby amended—

(a) in section 1, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) The number of ordinary judges of the Circuit Court shall not be more than twelve.”, and

(b) in section 2—

(i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) of subsection (1):

“(a) There shall be five judges of the Circuit Court permanently assigned to the Dublin Circuit.”, and

(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) of subsection (2):

“(a) to the Dublin Circuit if at the date of the appointment there are less than five judges permanently assigned to that circuit, or”.