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S.I. No. 432/2000 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2001) Regulations, 2000.
Table of Provisions (7)
Statutory Text (7 Articles)
1. This Application must be duly completed by a solicitor engaged (or intending to engage) during the practice year commencing 1st January 2001 in the provision of legal services, whether as a sole practitioner or as a partner in a solicitor's practice or as an employee of any solicitor or of any other person or body,
including
a solicitor who does not require a Practising Certificate by reason of being a solicitor in the full-time service of the State
[within the meaning of
section 54
of the
Solicitors Act, 1954
, as substituted by
section 62
of the
Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994
]
or by reason of being a solicitor employed full-time in the State to provide conveyancing services only to and for his/her non-solicitor employer
[section 56,
Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994
]
.
2. The Registration Fee, and the Compensation Fund Contribution are payable by each applicant for a Practising Certificate.
3. The practice year coincides with the calendar year. A Practising Certificate must be applied for before 1st February 2001 in order to be dated 1st January 2001 and thereby to operate as a qualification to practise from the commencement of the practice year 2001. During April 2001, a listing of solicitors holding Practising Certificates as at 31st March 2001 will be forwarded to each County Registrar, District Court Clerk, Taxing Master and Bar Association.
4. A solicitor admitted during the practice year commencing 1st January 2001, and, if applying for his/her first Practising Certificate during that practice year, may calculate the Registration Fee, the Compensation Fund Contribution payable by him/her on the basis of the number of full calendar months remaining in that practice year following the month of his/her admission; and the solicitor's membership subscription in respect of the year (or part thereof) of his/her admission shall be at the reduced rate of £15.00 (€19).
5. Payment of the Membership Subscription and/or the Solicitors' Benevolent Association Contribution and/or the Free Legal Advice Centres is not a condition precedent to the issue of a Practising Certificate. However, unless a solicitor pays the annual membership subscription, he/she cannot enjoy the benefits of being a member of the Society as provided for in the Society's Bye-Laws, including the right to vote in annual and provincial elections and the right to receive the Society's Gazette.
6. A Lawyer's International Professional Identity Card is available to a member of the Society who holds a current Practising Certificate, on receipt by the Registrar of Solicitors of a completed form of application (obtainable on request from the Society) together with a fee of £10.00 (€13).
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Within the meaning of
S.I. No. 312 of 1995
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Within the meaning of
S.I. No. 312 of 1995
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Within the meaning of
S.I. No. 312 of 1995
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Within the meaning of
S.I. No. 312 of 1995
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Within the meaning of
S.I. No. 312 of 1995
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Within the meaning of
S.I. No. 312 of 1995
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Within the meaning of
S.I. No. 312 of 1995
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See text of
Section 47
(1)(a) and (b) of the
Investor Compensation Act, 1998
on page 7.]
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See text of
Section 47
(1)(a) and (b) of the
Investor Compensation Act, 1998
on page 7.]
The Law Society of Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by
Section 47
(as substituted by
Section 54
of the
Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994
) of the
Solicitors Act, 1954
HEREBY MAKE the following Regulations:—