LegalizeS.I. No. 465/2026 - Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2026
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 11th September, 2026.
I, JIM O’CALLAGHAN, Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 65 (as amended by section 107 of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (No. 18 of 2023)) of the Courts of Justice Act 1936 (No. 48 of 1936) (as adapted by the Justice (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 ( S.I. No. 242 of 2025 )), with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (as adapted by the Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 ( S.I. No. 243 of 2025 )), hereby order as follows:
1.
(1) This Order may be cited as the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2026.
- (2) This Order comes into operation on 11 September 2026.
2.
The Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court (Fees) Order 2014 ( S.I. No. 492 of 2014 ) is amended –
- (a) in Article 5, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):
- “(a) proceedings under Article 40.4 of the Constitution in which it is alleged that the person making the complaint, or on whose behalf the complaint is made, is, at the time of the bringing of the proceedings, being unlawfully detained,”,
and
- (b) by the insertion of the following Article after Article 8:
“8A. No fee shall be payable under this Order by, or on behalf of, a qualified entity (within the meaning of the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023 (No. 22 of 2023)) in connection with proceedings in respect of a representative action (also within the meaning of that Act).”.
The Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation consents to the making of the foregoing Order.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation,
3 September, 2026.
JACK CHAMBERS,
Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
3 September, 2026.
JIM O’CALLAGHAN,
Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
This Order amends the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court (Fees) Order 2014 ( S.I. No. 492 of 2014 ) to clarify the applicability of the fee exemption relating to proceedings under Article 40.4 of the Constitution, and to insert a new fee exemption for Qualified Entities who take an action under the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023.
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