STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

S.I. No.674 of 2003

The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 2002 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2004 Fees) Regulations, 2003

THE SOLICITORS ACTS, 1954 TO 2002 SOLICITORS (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE 2004 FEES) REGULATIONS, 2003

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 Acts, 1954 to 2002 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2004 Fees) Regulations, 2003.

(b)        These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1^st day of January 2004.

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 Acts 1954 to 2002 (Practising Certificate 2004) Regulations, 2003 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 2002.

(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 2003 Fees) Regulations, 2002 ( S.I. No.605 of 2002 ) shall cease to have effect except in respect of an application for a practising certificate for the practice year commencing 1^st January 2003 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 10^th day of December 2003.

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

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GERARD F GRIFFIN

President of the Law Society of Ireland

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