Domestic Violence Act 2018
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Special sitting of District Court | ||
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24. (1) A member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of sergeant may request the Courts Service to arrange a special sitting of the District Court for the purposes specified in subsection (2)— | ||
(a) where a person has informed the member that he or she wishes to make an application referred to in paragraph (a) of that subsection, and | ||
(b) at the time the person so informs the member, there is no District Court sitting in the district court district in which that person would make such an application if that court was sitting. | ||
(2) The purposes referred to in subsection (1) are— | ||
(a) to facilitate the making and determination of an application for an interim barring order, an emergency barring order or a protection order, and | ||
(b) where necessary for the purposes of an application referred to in paragraph (a), to facilitate the making of an application for a safety order or a barring order. | ||
(3) The Courts Service may, with the consent of a judge of the District Court exercising jurisdiction in accordance with section 22 , arrange such special sittings of the District Court in the district court district referred to in subsection (1)(b) as may be necessary for the purposes specified in subsection (2). | ||
(4) In this section, “special sitting” means a sitting of the District Court at a place and time not standing appointed for the time being under section 26 of the Courts of Justice Act 1953 or section 40 or 42 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 for the transaction of the business of the District Court. |