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Amendment to Order 37 - S.I. No. 408 of 2007: District Court (Children) Rules 2007

The District Court Rules Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 91 of the Courts of Justice Act 1924, section 72 of the Courts of Justice Act 1936, section 34 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 and section 24 of the Interpretation Act 2005, do hereby, with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, make the following rules of court:

1. These rules may be cited as the District Court (Children) Rules 2007.

2. These rules shall come into operation on the 27th day of July 2007 and shall be read together with all other District Court rules for the time being in force.

3. Order 37 of the District Court Rules, 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997) is hereby amended by the substitution in rule 3 thereof for the words “Forms No.37.1 to 37.40, Schedule B may be used in criminal proceedings in the Children Court, and where no suitable Form is provided for in this Order, the Forms provided for in Orders 13 to 36 of these Rules may be used in such proceedings, entitled in the “Children Court” and otherwise modified as required by the circumstances of the case or as provided in this Order.”

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5. The Forms numbered 37.30 to 37.40 inclusive in Schedule 1 hereof shall be added to the Forms in Schedule B of the District Court Rules, 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997).

6. The Forms in Schedule 2 hereof shall be substituted for the Forms bearing those numbers in Schedule B of the District Court Rules, 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997).

7. Forms 37.7 and 37.10 in Schedule B of the District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997) shall be deleted.

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9.   The District Court Rules (Children) 2004 (S.I. No. 539 of 2004) are hereby amended by the substitution for rule 5 of those Rules of the following —

“The Forms numbered 37.1, 37.2 and 37.8 in Schedule 2 hereof shall be substituted for the Forms bearing those numbers respectively in Schedule B of the District Court Rules, 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997). The Forms numbered 37.16 to 37.18 inclusive are hereby deleted from the Forms in Schedule B of the District Court Rules, 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997). The Forms numbered 37.16 to 37.26 inclusive in Schedule 3 hereof shall be added to the Forms in Schedule B of the District Court Rules, 1997 (S.I. No.93 of 1997).”

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