Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023

Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023 Permanent Page URL View by Section Amharc de réir Ailt View Full Act Amharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Open PDF Oscail PDF Priontáil an tAcht Iomlán Previous Section Alt Roimhe Next Section An Chéad Alt Eile Priontáil an tAlt 33 2023 JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION ACT 2023 PART 1 Preliminary and General 1. Short title, collective citation and commencement 2. Interpretation 3. References to recommendation for appointment and recommendation for nomination for appointment or election 4. Expenses 5. Service of documents 6. Repeals PART 2 Judicial Appointments Commission 7. Establishment day 8. Establishment of Judicial Appointments Commission 9. Membership of Commission 10. Functions of Commission 12. Nomination of members of Judicial Council and appointment as members of Commission 13. Recommendation for appointment and appointment of lay members 14. Terms and conditions of membership of Commission 15. Procedures of Commission 16. Committees of Commission 17. Remote meetings of Commission and committees 18. Member of Commission ceasing to hold judicial office or resigning as member of Commission 19. Lay member ceasing to be member of Commission 20. Ineligibility to become lay member and disqualification to act as lay member 21. Removal of lay member of Commission 22. Accountability of Director to Public Accounts Committee 23. Accountability of Director to other Oireachtas Committees 24. Advances to Commission 25. Accounts 26. Annual report 27. Request from Minister to Commission for report 28. Publication of diversity statement by Commission 29. Confidential information 30. Confidentiality of certain proceedings, communications and matters 31. Records of Commission 32. Restriction of rights and obligations under Data Protection Regulation 33. Regulations for purposes of data protection 34. Restriction of Freedom of Information Act 2014 PART 3 Judicial Appointments Commission Office 35. Judicial Appointments Commission Office 36. Director of Judicial Appointments Commission Office 37. Functions of Director 38. Delegation of functions of Director PART 4 Recommendations for Appointment and for Nomination for Appointment or Election to Judicial Office Chapter 1 Preliminary and General 39. Recommendations to be based on merit 40. Eligible person: qualification for appointment and for nomination for appointment or election to judicial office 41. Prohibition on canvassing Chapter 2 Applications for recommendation for appointment and for nomination for appointment or election to judicial office and making of recommendations 42. Invitation to apply for vacancy in judicial office 43. Applications for appointment or for nomination for appointment or election to judicial office 44. Information to accompany application under section 43 45. Application under section 43 by member of Commission 46. Consideration of applications and conditions for making of recommendation 47. Recommendation of persons to Minister for appointment to judicial office in the State 48. Recommendation of persons to Minister or to Minister for Foreign Affairs for nomination for appointment or election to judicial office outside the State 49. Notification to applicants of outcome of application 50. Statement and information to accompany recommendation under section 47 or 48 51. Appointments to judicial office in the State: recommended persons only to be considered 52. Nominations for appointment or election to judicial office outside the State: recommended persons only to be considered 53. Vacation of certain judicial offices before appointment to judicial office in the State 54. Publication of notice of appointment to judicial office 55. Statement to Houses of the Oireachtas PART 5 Judicial Selection Statement: Statement of Requisite Knowledge, Skills and Attributes and Statement of Selection Procedures 56. Consultation and submissions or observations at request of Commission 57. Judicial selection statement 58. Statement of requisite knowledge, skills and attributes 59. Statement of selection procedures 60. Transitional arrangement: no judicial selection statement 61. Review by Commission and recommendations PART 6 Amendment of Act of 1961 and Other Enactments 62. Amendment of Courts of Justice Act 1936 63. Amendment of Act of 1961 64. Amendment of Courts Act 1973 65. Amendment of Courts Act 1977 66. Amendment of section 22 of Act of 2001 67. Amendment of section 36 of Judicial Council Act 2019 PART 7 Dissolution of Judicial Appointments Advisory Board and Related Provision 68. Dissolution of Judicial Appointments Advisory Board 69. Status of certain recommendations made by Judicial Appointments Advisory Board The Commission Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 8) Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (No. 39) Courts Act 1973 (No. 26) Courts Act 1977 (No. 11) Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (No. 31) Courts of Justice Act 1924 (No. 10) Courts of Justice Act 1936 (No. 48) Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7) European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2) Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30) International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1998 (No. 40) Judicial Council Act 2019 (No. 33) Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65) Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37) Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1) National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (No. 47) Standards in Public Office Act 2001 (No. 31) Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3) Universities Act 1997 (No. 24) 33 2023 JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION ACT 2023 An Act to establish a body to be known as An Coimisiún um Cheapacháin Bhreithiúnacha Courts of Justice Act 1936 , the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , the Courts Act 1973 , the Courts Act 1977 , the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 , the Standards in Public Office Act 2001 and the Judicial Council Act 2019 ; and to provide for related matters. th December , 2023] Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: