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S.I. No. 155/1984 -- Solicitors' Remuneration General Order, 1984.

S.I. No. 155/1984 -- Solicitors' Remuneration General Order, 1984. 1984 155

S.I. No. 155/1984:

SOLICITORS' REMUNERATION GENERAL ORDER, 1984.

SOLICITORS' REMUNERATION GENERAL ORDER, 1984.

We, the body in that behalf authorised by the Solicitors' Remuneration Act, 1881, as adapted by the Solicitors' Remuneration Act, 1881 (Adaptation) Order, 1946 (S.R. and O. 1946 No. 208) made pursuant to the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 , do hereby, in pursuance and execution of the powers given to us by the said Statute as so adapted, and after due compliance with section 3 of the Solicitors' Remuneration Act, 1881, make the following General Order.

1. This Order may be cited as the Solicitors' Remuneration General Order, 1984. The Solicitor's Remuneration General Orders, 1884 to 1984 and this Order shall be read together and may be cited as the Solicitors' Remuneration General Orders 1884 to 1984.

2. The following fees chargeable under Schedule II of the Solicitors' Remuneration General Order, 1984, (as amended by the above-mentioned General Orders other than this Order) shall be increased as follows:--
£ £
Item: 2. 0.75 shall be increased to 0.90
3. 0.30 shall be increased to 0.35
4. 0.25 shall be increased to 0.30
5. 0.15 shall be increased to 0.20
6. 0.10 shall be increased to 0.12
7. 0.35 shall be increased to 0.40
8. 2.50 shall be increased to 3.00
9. 0.10 shall be increased to 0.12
0.90 shall be increased to 1.10
10. 0.10 shall be increased to 0.12
11. 0.95 shall be increased to 1.15
12. 2.50 shall be increased to 3.00
13. 1.90 shall be increased to 2.30
14. 2.50 shall be increased to 3.00
15. 47.40 shall be increased to 56.90
16. 7.55 shall be increased to 9.05
47.40 shall be increased to 56.90
17. 0.95 shall be increased to 1.15
1.25 shall be increased to 1.50
18. 0.75 shall be increased to 0.90
0.25 shall be increased to 0.30
19. 0.30 shall be increased to 0.35
20. 8.75 shall be increased to 10.50

This Order shall apply only to business transacted after the 7th day of February, 1984.

Dated this 7th day of February, 1984.
THOMAS F. O'HIGGINS, Chief Justice.
BRIAN WALSH, Senior Ordinary Judge of the Supreme Court.
FRANK O'DONNELL, President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order authorises an increase in specified charges in solicitors' costs for non-contentious business. It does not affect the present commission scale fee on sales, purchases, leases, mortgages or settlements.

Under the terms of Section 6 of the Solicitors' Remuneration Act, 1881 and Section 3 of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Laying of Documents) Act, 1966 this Order does not come into effect until it has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and one month or four sitting weeks (whichever is the longer) has elapsed. This Order (which applies only to business transacted after 7th February, 1984 was so laid on 10th February, 1984, the prerequisite statutory period elapsed on 10th March, 1984 and the Order takes effect from 11th March, 1984.

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