STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

S.I. No. 494 of 2002

SOLICITORS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2002

(COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2002

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin.

S.I. No. 494 of 2002

Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002 (Commencement) Order 2002

I, Michael McDowell, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 23(2) of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002 ( No. 19 of 2002 ), hereby order as follows:

1.         This Order may be cited as the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002 (Commencement) Order 2002.

2.         In this Order the “Act of 2002” means the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002 ( No. 19 of 2002 ).

3.         (1)       Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21 and 22 of the Act of 2002 shall come into operation on 1 November 2002.

(2)       Section 8 of the Act of 2002 shall come into operation on 1 December 2002.

(3)       Section 9, 11, and 19 of the Act of 2002 shall come into operation on 1 January 2003.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Order provides for the coming into force of specified provisions of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act. 2002.