Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

An Act to make provision in relation to the grant of certificates of naturalisation and the authentication of certificates of nationality, and for those and other purposes to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956; to amend the Civil Liability Act 1961 to enable the Minister for Justice to make regulations in relation to the specification of an index by reference to which the amount of a payment under a periodic payments order is to be adjusted annually; to make provision for the designation of a court office for the purpose of empanelling and summoning jurors, and for that purpose to amend the Juries Act 1976; to amend certain procedures relating to the bankruptcy process, and for that and related purposes to amend the Bankruptcy Act 1988; to amend the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1995; to amend the Immigration Act 1999; to amend the Immigration Act 2004; to provide for the disposal of part of the funds of suitors of the Circuit Court and the funds of suitors of the District Court vested in the Accountant of the Courts of Justice, and for that and other purposes to amend the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004; to amend certain provisions of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, including for the purpose of making further provision in relation to the levy to be paid under that Act and the roll of practising barristers; to amend the International Protection Act 2015; to make provision for enabling the Data Protection Commission to prohibit the disclosure of confidential information by persons engaging with it in connection with the performance of certain functions, to issue a reprimand to a controller or processor in certain circumstances and to provide for the District Court to have jurisdiction, concurrently with the Circuit Court and the High Court, to hear and determine an action taken by a data subject in respect of his or her rights under the Data Protection Regulation and, for those and other purposes, to amend the Data Protection Act 2018; to provide for the temporary replacement of a member of the Complaints Review Committee of the Judicial Council, and for that and other purposes to amend the Judicial Council Act 2019; to make provision for the designation of centralised court offices, the specification of court office business to be transacted in such offices and related matters; to make provision for the maintenance of certain registers in electronic form; to make further provision in relation to the appointment of a Deputy Master of the High Court and in relation to the circumstances in which the Master of the High Court and a county registrar may be removed from, or otherwise cease to hold, such office and for those purposes to amend the Court Officers Act 1926; to provide for the appointment of registrars to the Special Criminal Court by the Courts Service, and for that purpose to amend the Offences against the State Act 1939; to provide for an offence of obstruction or interference with a sheriff, and for that purpose to amend the Court Officers Act 1945; and for those and other purposes to amend the Courts of Justice Act 1936, the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961, the Courts Act 1964, the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995, the Courts Service Act 1998, the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, the Succession Act 1965, the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Arbitration Act 2010, the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 and the Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022.

Last updated: 5 Jul 2023

Sponsored by: Minister for Justice;

Source: Government

Originating House: Dáil Éireann