S.I. No. 333/1973:

SOLICITORS ACT, 1954 (APPRENTICESHIP AND EDUCATION) (AMENDMENT) No. 2 REGULATIONS, 1973.

SOLICITORS ACT, 1954 (APPRENTICESHIP AND EDUCATION) (AMENDMENT) No. 2 REGULATIONS, 1973.

The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Sections 4 , 5 and 40 of the Solicitors Act, 1954 hereby make the following regulations.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) No. 2 Regulations, 1973 and shall be read together with the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1955 ( S.I. No. 217 of 1955 ) (hereinafter called "the Principal Regulations"), the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 307 of 1956 ), the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education (Amendment) Regulations, 1960 ( S.I. No. 94 of 1960 ), the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1965 ( S.I. No. 201 of 1965 ), the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1966 ( S.I. No. 230 of 1966 ), the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1968 ( S.I. No. 17 of 1968 ), the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969 ( S.I. No. 110 of 1969 ), the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1970 ( S.I. No. 108 of 1970 ), the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 218 of 1971 ), The Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1972 ( S.I. No. 49 of 1972 and the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 47 of 1973 ) and shall insofar as they are inconsistent therewith alter and amend the same. The Regulations hereinbefore mentioned may be cited collectively as the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1955--73.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 13th December, 1973.

3. Paragraph 10 of the Principal Regulations as amended by the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969 ( S.I. No. 110 of 1969 ) and Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 47 of 1973 are hereby deleted and the following paragraph is substituted therefor.

10. The subjects at the preliminary examination shall be as follows:

( a ) English and Mathematics.

( b ) One of the following subjects, that is to say, Latin, French or German.

( c ) Any two of the following subjects:--

History, Geography, Greek, Latin, French or German (if not taken as a compulsory subject under (b) above), a modern language (other than Irish) approved by the Court of Examiners, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Commerce (which is composed of four Sections namely Economics, Business Organisation, Accountancy and Economic History of which the candidate will take one Section only).

Signed on behalf of the Incorporated Law Society of

Ireland this 13th day of December, 1973.

PETER D. M. PRENTICE,

President of the Incorporated Law

Society of Ireland.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the regulations is to provide that a candidate taking the preliminary examination should pass in five subjects of which only English and Mathematics remain as compulsory subjects. Latin which was formerly compulsory is now optional insofar as a candidate may now elect to take one subject from Latin, French and German.