S.I. No. 436/1994 - Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1995/96) Regulations, 1994.

1. A Practising Certificate must be taken out on or before 5 February, 1995 in order to operate as a qualification to practise from 6 January, 1995. During April, 1995, a listing of solicitors holding Practising Certificates as at 31 March, 1995 will be forwarded to each Bar Association, County Registrar, District Court Clerk and Taxing Master.

2. A solicitor admitted during the practice year commencing 6 January, 1995, if applying for his/her first practising certificate during that practice year, may calculate the Registration Fee and Compensation Fund Contribution payable by him/her on the basis of the number of full calendar months remaining in that practice year following the date of his/her admission.

3. Payment of the Membership Subscription and the Contribution to the Solicitors' Benevolent Association is optional. It should be noted, however, that membership of the Society is a prerequisite to obtaining professional indemnity insurance cover through the Solicitors' Mutual Defence Fund.

4. The following concessionary rates apply to membership subscriptions:—

(

a

) A member admitted as a solicitor for 40 years or more as at 6 January, 1995 — £25.00

(

b

) A solicitor for the first year (or part thereof) of his/her admission — £1.00.

5. A lawyer's Professional Identity Card is available to a member of the society who holds a current Practising Certificate on receipt by the Registrar of a completed application form (obtainable on request from the Society's offices) together with a fee of £10.00.

Dated this 15th day of December, 1994.

Signed on behalf of the Law Society of Ireland.

PATRICK A. GLYNN,

President of The Law Society

of Ireland.

S.I. No. 436 of 1994.

SOLICITORS (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE 1995/96) REGULATIONS, 1994.

The Law Society of Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 47 (as substituted by

Section 54

of the

Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994

) of the

Solicitors Act, 1954

, hereby makes the following regulations