Number 51 of 2015

COURTS ACT 2015

CONTENTS

Section

1. Number of ordinary judges of High Court

2. Short title and collective citation

Acts Referred to

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 2014

Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Act 2007 (No. 4)

Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (No. 31)

Number 51 of 2015

COURTS ACT 2015

An Act to increase the number of ordinary judges of the High Court; for that purpose to amend the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 ; and to provide for related matters.

[20 th December, 2015]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

Number of ordinary judges of High Court

1. The Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 9 (inserted by section 2 of the Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Act 2007 ):

"9. The number of ordinary judges of the High Court shall not be more than 37.".

Short title and collective citation

2. (1) This Act may be cited as the Courts Act 2015.

(2) The Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 2014 and this Act may be cited together as the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 2015.