Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act 1907

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1907 c. 44
Year1907


Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act, 1907

(7 Edw. 7.) CHAPTER 44.

An Act to provide for the Abolition of two Judgeships of the High Court in Ireland, and to reduce the Salary of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and for other purposes connected therewith.

[28th August 1907]

B E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

S-1 Abolition of judgeships.

1 Abolition of judgeships.

1. The two vacancies occurring next after the first day of March nineteen hundred and seven in the office of a judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court in Ireland, other than the Lord Chief Justice, shall not be filled.

S-2 Salary of Lord Chancellor.

2 Salary of Lord Chancellor.

2. The annual salary attached to the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland shall as from the passing of this Act be reduced to six thousand pounds.

S-3 Application of savings effected by Act.

3 Application of savings effected by Act.

3. An annual sum, to be paid out of money provided by Parliament, equal to the reduction of charge upon the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom effected by this Act shall be placed at the disposal of the Local Government Board for Ireland for the purposes of the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, and section thirteen of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, shall be construed as if the said annual sum were substituted therein for the sum mentioned in paragraph (c ) of subsection one thereof.

S-4 Short title and citation.

4 Short title and citation.

4. This Act may be cited as theSupreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act, 1907, and may be cited with the Judicature (Ireland) Acts, 1877 to 1897.

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