S.I. No. 124/1981:

THE RULES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS (No. 3), 1981.

THE RULES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS (No. 3), 1981.

We, the Superior Courts Rules Committee, constituted pursuant to the provisions of the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 , section 67, and reconstituted pursuant to the provisions of the Courts of Justice Act, 1953 , section 15, by virtue of the powers conferred upon us by the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 , section 36, and the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 , section 68 (as applied by the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 , section 48) and the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 section 14, and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby make the annexed Rules of Court.

Dated this 5th day of March 1981.

Thomas F. O'Higgins,

Thomas A. Finlay,

Herbert R. McWilliam,

Patrick J. Lindsay,

W. B. Allen,

David R. Pigot,

Frederick Morris,

I concur in the making of the annexed Rules of Court.

Dated this 31st day of March 1981.

GERARD COLLINS,

Aire Dlí agus Cirt.

THE RULES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS.

(No. 3), 1981.

1. In Appendix W, Part VII shall be deleted and the following substituted therefor:--

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PART VII.

FEES PAYABLE TO COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS.

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2. These Rules shall be construed together with the Rules of the Superior Courts and may be cited as the Rules of the Superior Courts (No. 3), 1981.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Rules, which came into operation on 31 March, 1981 provide for increases in the fees chargeable by Commissioners for Oaths. The Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism has, under Section 2 (2) (a) of the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972 , consented to the exercise by the rule-making authority (Superior Court Rules Committee) of their statutory powers to prescribe the fees in question with which the Minister for Justice has concurred.