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S.I. No. 225/2000 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 (Apprentices' Fees) Regulations, 2000.
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprentices' Fees) Regulations, 2000.
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of October 2000 and The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprentices' Fees) Regulations, 1998 (
S.I. No. 493 of 1998
) shall from that date stand revoked.
3. (
a
) The words and phrases in these Regulations and in the Schedule hereto shall have the meanings assigned by the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 and (except in so far as it may be inconsistent with the provisions of the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994) The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1997 (
S.I. No. 287 of 1997
).
(
b
) 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 in so far as it may be inconsistent with the provisions of the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 or The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1997 (
S.I. No. 287 of 1997
) 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 Society 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 application to sit the First Irish Examination or Second
Irish Examination
...
...
...
...
...
60
2.
On application to sit the Preliminary Examination
...
180
3.
On application for consent of the Society to entry into
indentures of apprenticeship
...
...
...
...
55
4.
On application for entry on the Register of Apprentices by the Registrar of indentures of apprenticeship (other than an
application for entry of a transfer of indentures)
...
...
400
5.
On application to sit all eight subject examinations of the
Final Examination — First Part
...
...
...
...
360
6.
On application to sit any one or more (less than all eight) subject examinations of the Final Examination — First Part
(per each subject examination)
...
...
...
...
45
7.
On application to attend the Professional Course
...
4,250
8.
On application to attend the Advanced Course
...
...
2,000
9.
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 43 (as substituted by
section 51 of the Act of 1994) of the Act applies
...
...
40
10.
On application to take for a second or any subsequent time any one or more subject examinations of the Final Examination — Second Part or of the Final Examination —
Third Part (per each subject examination)
...
...
...
45
11.
On application for entry of a name on the roll of solicitors
210
12.
On application for a re-check of a subject examination script for any of the examinations provided for in The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education)
Regulations, 1997 (
S.I. No. 287 of 1997
)
...
...
...
25
Dated this 29th day of June, 2000.
Signed on behalf of the Law Society of Ireland pursuant to
section 79
of the
Solicitors Act, 1954
.
ANTHONY H. ENSOR,
President of the Law Society of Ireland.
Pursuant to the provisions of
section 82
(2) 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 with the making of the within Regulations.
Dated this 29th day of June, 2000.
FREDERICK MORRIS,
President of the High Court.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(
This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.
)
The principal purpose of the Instrument is to provide for increases in the fees payable 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
) operative from 1 October, 2000.
The Law Society of Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on it 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