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MINISTERIAL, PARLIAMENTARY AND JUDICIAL OFFICES AND OIREACHTAS MEMBERS (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 2001
PART 5 Amendment of Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 | ||||
Interpretation: Part 5. |
30. —In this Part, “the 1961 Act” means the Courts (Supplemental provisions) Act, 1961 . | |||
Amendment of section 46 of the 1961 Act — provisions in relation to remuneration and pensions of judges and justices. |
31. —Section 46 of the 1961 Act (as amended by section 1 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1968 ) is amended— | |||
(a) by substituting for subsections (1), (2) and (3) the following subsections: | ||||
“(1) On and from 25 September, 2000— | ||||
(a) the Chief Justice is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £120,293 per year, and | ||||
(b) each of the other judges of the Supreme Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £104,254 per year. | ||||
(2) On and from 25 September, 2000— | ||||
(a) the President of the High Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £108,321 per year, and | ||||
(b) each of the other judges of the High Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £96,002 per year. | ||||
(3) On and from 25 September, 2000— | ||||
(a) the President of the Circuit Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £96,002 per year, and | ||||
(b) each of the other judges of the Circuit Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £75,548 per year. | ||||
(3A) On and from 25 September, 2000— | ||||
(a) the President of the District Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £75,548 per year, and | ||||
(b) a judge of the District Court is entitled to be paid remuneration at the rate of £62,762 per year. | ||||
(3B) Remuneration payable under this section is to be paid in monthly instalments.”, | ||||
(b) in subsection (4), by substituting the following paragraphs for paragraphs (a) and (b): | ||||
“(a) the remuneration payable under this Act to a judge of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Circuit Court or the District Court, and | ||||
(b) the pension payable under this Act to a judge of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Circuit Court or the District Court, and”, | ||||
and | ||||
(c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (9): | ||||
“(10) Every order made by the Government under subsection (9) is required to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after it is made.”. | ||||
Amendment of the 1961 Act — insertion of section 46A (remuneration to be adjusted automatically by reference to salary increases in Civil Service). |
32. —The 1961 Act is amended by inserting the following section after section 46: | |||
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