S.I. No. 2/1995:

SOLICITORS (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE 1995/96 FEES) REGULATIONS, 1995.

SOLICITORS (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE 1995/96 FEES) REGULATIONS, 1995.

The Law Society of Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it 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 makes the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1995/96 Fees) Regulations, 1995.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 6th day of January, 1995.

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

"applicant solicitor" means the solicitor the subject matter of a declaration delivered to the registrar.

"declaration" means the form of application for a practising certificate set out in the Schedule to the Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1995/96) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 436 of 1994 ) purporting to be completed and signed by an applicant solicitor personally.

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

(3) 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 Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Fees) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 1 of 1994 ) shall cease to have effect except in respect of an application for a practising certificate for the practice year commencing 6th January, 1994 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 the applicant solicitor.

5. As and from the coming into operation of these Regulations, the fee payable by a person who applies in writing 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.

SCHEDULE

within referred to

Dated this 4th day of January, 1995.

Signed on behalf of the Law Society of Ireland.

PATRICK A. GLYNN,

President of the Law Society of

Ireland.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The registration fee payable by a solicitor on application for a practising certificate is increased from £525 to £535 for a solicitor admitted three years or more on 6th January, 1995 and from £366 to £373 for a solicitor admitted less than three years on 6th January, 1995. The annual contribution to the Compensation Fund for the practice year commencing 6th January, 1995 is set 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 is increased from £1 to £5.