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S.I. No. 604/2002 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 2002 Solicitors (Practising Certificate 2003) Regulations, 2002
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 2003 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 2003 in order to be dated 1st January 2003 and thereby to operate as a qualification to practise from the commencement of the practice year 2003. During April 2003, a listing of solicitors holding Practising Certificates as at 31st March 2003 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 2003 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 €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 €13.
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S.I. No. 312 of 1995
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S.I. No. 312 of 1995
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S.I. No. 312 of 1995
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***Text of Investor Compensation Act, 1998, Section 47(1)(a) and (b)
***Text of Investor Compensation Act, 1998, Section 47(1)(a) and (b)
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:-