S.I. No. 508/1997:

SOLICITORS (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE 1998 FEES) REGULATIONS 1997

SOLICITORS (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE 1998 FEES) REGULATIONS 1997

The Law Society of Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Section 82 of the Solicitors Act, 1954 and by Section 22 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960 (as substituted by Section 30 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994 ) HEREBY MAKE the following Regulations:

1. ( a ) These Regulations may be cited as the Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1998 Fees) Regulations, 1997.

( b ) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January 1998.

2. ( a ) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"applicant solicitor" means the solicitor the subject matter of an application delivered to the Registrar;

"application" means the form of application for a practising certificate set out in the Schedule to the Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1998) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. No. of 1997) purporting to be completed and signed by an applicant solicitor personally;

"Registrar" means the registrar of solicitors appointed pursuant to Section 8 of the Solicitors Act, 1954 .

( b ) Other words and phrases in these Regulations shall have the meaning assigned to them by the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994.

( c ) The Interpretation Act, 1937 applies to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. On the coming into operation of these Regulations, the Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1997 Fees) Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 400 of 1996 ) shall cease to have effect except in respect of an application for a practising certificate for the practice year commencing 1st January 1997 or any earlier practice year.

4. As and from the coming into operation of these Regulations, the appropriate registration fee together with the annual contribution to the Compensation Fund specified in the Schedule to these Regulations shall be paid to the Society by an applicant solicitor.

5. As and from the coming into operation of these Regulations, the fee payable by a person who applies to the Registrar, pursuant to Section 17 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960 , for a copy of an entry on File A or File B shall be as specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Dated this 18th day of December 1997

Signed on behalf of the Law Society of Ireland pursuant to Section 79 of the Solicitors Act, 1954 .

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LAURENCE K. SHIELDS

President of the Law Society of Ireland

SCHEDULE

within referred to

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The registration fee payable by a solicitor on application for a practising certificate is increased from £555 to £565 for a solicitor admitted three years or more on 1st January 1998 and from £390 to £397 for a solicitor admitted less than three years on 1st January 1998. The annual contribution to the Compensation Fund for the practice year commencing 1st January 1998 remains at £600 for each solicitor irrespective of date of admission. The fee payable on an application for a copy of an entry on File A or File B remains at £5.