Courts and Civil law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2025

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Number 13 of 2025


COURTS AND CIVIL LAW (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2025


CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title, commencement and collective citation

2. Repeals

PART 2

Number of Judges of Court of Appeal, High Court, Circuit Court and District Court

3. Definition (Part 2)

4. Number of ordinary judges of Court of Appeal

5. Amendment of Sixth Schedule to Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961

6. Number of ordinary judges of High Court

7. Number of ordinary judges of Circuit Court

8. Number of judges of District Court

PART 3

Amendment of Child Care Act 1991

9. Amendment of Child Care Act 1991

PART 4

Amendments Relating to Gambling Regulation Act 2024

10. Amendment of section 1 of Street and House to House Collections Act 1962

11. Amendment of Gambling Regulation Act 2024


Acts Referred to

Charities Act 2009 (No. 6)

Child Care Act 1991 (No. 17)

Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961 (No. 38)

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (No. 39)

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 2023

Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (No. 31)

Family Courts Act 2024 (No. 48)

Gambling Regulation Act 2024 (No. 35)

Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 (No. 2)

Street and House to House Collections Act 1962 (No. 13)

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Number 13 of 2025


COURTS AND CIVIL LAW (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2025


An Act to provide for an increase in the number of ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal and, for that purpose, to amend the Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961; to provide for an increase in the number of ordinary judges of the High Court, ordinary judges of the Circuit Court and judges of the District Court and, for those purposes, to amend the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 and the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995; to amend the Street and House to House Collections Act 1962, the Child Care Act 1991 and the Gambling Regulation Act 2024; to repeal certain provisions of the Family Courts Act 2024; and to provide for related matters.

[10th December, 2025]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: