Courts and Court Officers Act, 1995
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Amendment of section 2 of Courts Act, 1977. |
(a) by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraph (a) (inserted by the Courts Act, 1991 ) of subsection (1): | |
“(a) There shall be ten judges of the Circuit Court permanently assigned to the Dublin Circuit. | ||
(aa) There shall be three judges of the Circuit Court permanently assigned to the Cork Circuit.”, | ||
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(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2) (inserted by the Courts Act, 1991 ): | ||
“(2) Where a judge of the Circuit Court is appointed, the Government shall permanently assign him or her— | ||
(a) to the Dublin Circuit if at the date of the appointment there are less than ten judges permanently assigned to that circuit, or | ||
(b) to the Cork Circuit if at the date of the appointment there are less than three judges permanently assigned to that circuit, or | ||
(c) to any other circuit to which at the date of appointment there is no judge permanently assigned.”. |