S.I. No. 493/1998 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 (Apprentices' Fees) Regulations, 1998
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprentices' Fees) Regulations, 1998.
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of February 1999 and The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprentices' Fees) Regulations, 1995 (
S.I. No. 380 of 1995
) from that date stand revoked.
3. The
Interpretation Act, 1937
shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas, except insofar as it may be inconsistent with the provisions of the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 or these Regulations.
4. As and from the date on which these Regulations shall come into operation the fees specified in the Schedule hereto shall be paid to the Law Society of Ireland in respect of courses and examinations provided for in The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1997 (
S.I. No. 287 of 1997
).
SCHEDULE
within referred to
1.
On each application to sit the First Irish Examination or Second Irish Examination.
£
2.
On each application to sit the Preliminary Examination
180
3.
On each application for consent of the Society to entry into Indentures
50
4.
On each application for entry on the Register of Apprentices by the Registrar of Indentures of Apprenticeship, other than supplemental Indentures or a transfer of Indentures
400
5.
On application (whether for the first or any subsequent time) to take each subject of the Final Examination — First Part
45
6.
On each application to attend the Professional Course
3,250
7.
On each application to attend the Advanced Course
1,550
8.
For each day or part of a day re-attending the Professional Course or the Advanced Course or for each day or part of a day attending the Professional Course or the Advanced Course by a barrister to whom
section 51
of the
Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994
applies
40
9.
On each application to take for a second or subsequent time each subject examination of the Final Examination —Second Part or of the Final Examination — Third Part
40
10.
On application for entry of a name on the Roll of Solicitors
210
11.
On each application to present for a Qualified Lawyers' Transfer test
100
12.
On each application to take each subject of the Qualified Lawyers' Transfer test
100
13.
On each application for a re-check of an examination paper
25
DATED this 16th day of December 1998
Signed on behalf of the Law Society of Ireland pursuant to
Section 79
of the
Solicitors Act, 1954
.
PATRICK O'CONNOR
President of the Law Society of Ireland
Pursuant to the provisions of
Section 83
(1) of the
Solicitors Act, 1954
(as amended by
Section 25
(1) of the
Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960
, and
Section 66
of the
Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994
), I concur in the making of the above Regulations.
DATED this 17th day of December 1998
FREDERICK MORRIS
President of the High Court
S.I. No. 493 of 1998.
THE SOLICITORS ACTS, 1954 TO 1994 (APPRENTICES' FEES) REGULATIONS, 1998
The Law Society of Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on them by
Sections 5
and
82
of the
Solicitors Act, 1954
, and with the concurrence of the President of the High Court, hereby make the following Regulations