S.I. No. 302/1976 - Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Fees) Regulations, 1976.

1. From and after the date of these regulations the fees specified in the schedule hereto shall be paid to the Society by the applicant in respect of the matters therein mentioned.

2. These regulations shall come into operation on 16th day of December, 1976.

3. The Solicitors' Practising Certificate Fees Regulations, 1975 (

S.I. No. 288 of 1975

) are revoked as from the date of operation of these regulations as regards applications for practising certificates for the practice year 1977/78 or any later practice year but shall continue to apply to applications for practising certificates for the practice year 1976 / 77 or any earlier practice year.

4. These Regulations may be cited as the Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Fees) Regulations 1976.

SCHEDULE.

1.

On application for a practising certificate for the practice year 1977/78 or any later practice year by a solicitor who practises or carries on his business in the City of Dublin or within three miles therefrom

£66

On application by a solicitor who has been admitted less than 3 years for 1977/78

£61

2.

On application for a practising certificate by a solicitor who does not practise or carry on his business in the City of Dublin or within three miles therefrom

£63

On application by a solicitor who has been admitted less than 3 years, for 1977/78

£58

3.

On application under

Section 17

of the

Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960

for a copy of an entry on file A or File B

£1.00

DATED THIS 16th DAY of DECEMBER, 1976.

Signed on behalf of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

P. C. MOORE,

President of The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The fee payable by a solicitor on taking out a practising certificate is raised from £51 to £66 in the case of a solicitor practising in Dublin and from £48 to £63 in the case of a solicitor practising elsewhere. The fee payable for a copy of an entry on File A or File B is unchanged.

S.I. No. 302 of 1976.

SOLICITORS ACTS, 1954 AND 1960 (FEES) REGULATIONS, 1976.

By virtue and in pursuance of

Sections 4

,

5

,

79

and

82

of the

Solicitors Act 1954

the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland hereby make the following Regulations:—