S.I. No. 268/1980:

DISTRICT COURT [FAMILY LAW (MAINTENANCE OF SPOUSES AND CHILDREN) ACT, 1976] AMENDMENT RULES, 1980.

DISTRICT COURT [FAMILY LAW (MAINTENANCE OF SPOUSES AND CHILDREN) ACT, 1976] AMENDMENT RULES, 1980.

The District Court Rules Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 91 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 , section 72 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 , and section 17 of the Interpretation Act, 1937 (as applied by section 48 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 ), and section 34 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 , do hereby with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice, make the following Rules of Court:--

1. These Rules may be cited as the District Court [ Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 ] Amendment Rules, 1980.

2. These Rules shall come into operation on the first day of September, 1980, and shall be read together with all other District Court Rules for the time being in force.

3. Rule 5 of the District Court [ Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 ] Rules, 1976 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1976 ) is hereby amended by the addition of the following:--

"Where however the District Court Clerk for such Court area, having consulted a justice for the time being assigned to the District within which such area is situate, certifies on a Summons that the proceedings are urgent, he may issue the Summons for and the proceedings may be heard and determined at any Court in the District".

Dated this 28th day of July, 1980.

T. F. DONNELLY Chairman.

WILLIAM A. TORMEY

J. MICHAEL MacGRATH

LAURENCE CULLEN

SEAMUS O CATHASAIGH

I concur in the making of the foregoing Rules.

Dated this 20th day of August, 1980.

GERARD COLLINS,

Minister for Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These rules provide that where it is certified that proceedings, initiated under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976 , are urgent, they may be heard and determined at any Court in the District Court District concerned.