Personal Insolvency Act 2012
Amendment of section 17 of Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961. |
188.— Section 17 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 is amended— | |
(a) in subsection (2) (as amended by section 5 of the Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 ), by deleting “A person” and substituting “Subject to subsection (4), a person”, | ||
(b) in subsection (2A) (inserted by section 5 of the Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 ), by deleting “A judge” and substituting “Subject to subsection (4), a judge”, | ||
(c) in subsection (2B) (inserted by section 5 of the Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 ), by deleting “A county registrar” and substituting “Subject to subsection (4), a county registrar”, | ||
(d) by inserting the following after subsection (2B) (inserted by section 5 of the Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 ): | ||
“(2C) A specialist judge of the Circuit Court shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Circuit Court.”, | ||
and | ||
(e) by inserting the following after subsection (3): | ||
“(4) Any of the following persons shall be qualified for appointment as a specialist judge of the Circuit Court: | ||
(a) a person who is for the time being a county registrar, having held such office for not less than 2 years continuously, and | ||
(b) subject to subsection (5)— | ||
(i) a person who is for the time being a practising barrister or a practising solicitor of not less than 10 years standing, and | ||
(ii) a judge of the District Court. | ||
(5) Subsection (4)(b) shall come into operation on such day, being not later than 1 January 2014, as the Minister may by order appoint.”. |