Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023
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Number 33 of 2023 | ||
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION ACT 2023 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
Judicial Appointments Commission | ||
11. Power to appoint consultants and advisers and enter into contracts | ||
12. Nomination of members of Judicial Council and appointment as members of Commission | ||
13. Recommendation for appointment and appointment of lay members | ||
18. Member of Commission ceasing to hold judicial office or resigning as member of Commission | ||
20. Ineligibility to become lay member and disqualification to act as lay member | ||
23. Accountability of Director to other Oireachtas Committees | ||
30. Confidentiality of certain proceedings, communications and matters | ||
32. Restriction of rights and obligations under Data Protection Regulation | ||
Judicial Appointments Commission Office | ||
Recommendations for Appointment and for Nomination for Appointment or Election to Judicial Office | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Applications for recommendation for appointment and for nomination for appointment or election to judicial office and making of recommendations | ||
43. Applications for appointment or for nomination for appointment or election to judicial office | ||
46. Consideration of applications and conditions for making of recommendation | ||
47. Recommendation of persons to Minister for appointment to judicial office in the State | ||
50. Statement and information to accompany recommendation under section 47 or 48 | ||
51. Appointments to judicial office in the State: recommended persons only to be considered | ||
53. Vacation of certain judicial offices before appointment to judicial office in the State | ||
Judicial Selection Statement: Statement of Requisite Knowledge, Skills and Attributes and Statement of Selection Procedures | ||
56. Consultation and submissions or observations at request of Commission | ||
60. Transitional arrangement: no judicial selection statement | ||
Amendment of Act of 1961 and Other Enactments | ||
Dissolution of Judicial Appointments Advisory Board and Related Provision | ||
69. Status of certain recommendations made by Judicial Appointments Advisory Board | ||
The Commission | ||
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Acts Referred to | ||
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) | ||
Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 8) | ||
Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 2021 | ||
Courts Act 1973 (No. 26) | ||
Courts Act 1977 (No. 11) | ||
Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (No. 31) | ||
Courts of Justice Act 1924 (No. 10) | ||
Courts of Justice Act 1936 (No. 48) | ||
Courts of Justice Acts 1924 to 2019 | ||
Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7) | ||
Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30) | ||
Judicial Council Act 2019 (No. 33) | ||
Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65) | ||
Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37) | ||
Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1) | ||
National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (No. 47) | ||
Standards in Public Office Act 2001 (No. 31) | ||
Universities Act 1997 (No. 24) | ||
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Number 33 of 2023 | ||
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION ACT 2023 | ||
An Act to establish a body to be known as An Coimisiún um Cheapacháin Bhreithiúnacha or, in the English language, the Judicial Appointments Commission; to provide for the making of applications to that Commission for recommendation for appointment, or nomination for appointment or election, to judicial office in the State or outside the State; to amend and extend the qualification and eligibility requirements for appointment to judicial office; to provide for the publication, by the Commission, of a statement of selection procedures to be applied in considering applications and a statement of requisite knowledge, skills and attributes required by applicants seeking such recommendation; to provide for the making, by the Commission, of recommendations for such appointment or nomination to be based on merit; to provide for the aforementioned matters having regard to the recommendation of the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) that the system of selection, recommendation and promotion of judges target the appointments to the most qualified and suitable candidates in a transparent way, and having regard to Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)12 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on judges: independence, efficiency and responsibilities adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 17 November 2010, under the terms of Article 15.b of the Statute of the Council of Europe; to provide for the establishment of a Judicial Appointments Commission Office; to dissolve the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board; to provide for expressions of interest in assignment to a particular district court district or circuit to be made by eligible judges to the President of the court concerned; to provide for the funding of the Commission and the Judicial Council by the Courts Service; and for those and other purposes to amend or repeal certain provisions of the Courts of Justice Act 1936 , the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , the Courts Act 1973 , the Courts Act 1977 , the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 , the Standards in Public Office Act 2001 and the Judicial Council Act 2019 ; and to provide for related matters. | ||
[8th December, 2023] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: |
