S.I. No. 616/2006 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 2002 (Apprentices' Fees) (No. 2) Regulations, 2006

1. On application to sit the First Irish Examination or Second Irish Examination

€140

2. On application to sit the Preliminary Examination

€350

3. 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)

€800

4. On application to sit any one or more (less than all eight) subject examinations of the Final Examination - First Part (per each subject examination)

€100

5. On application to attend the Professional Practice Course I

€7,800

6. On application to attend the Professional Practice Course II

€4,550

7. For each day or part of a day re-attending the Professional Practice Course I or the Professional Practice Course II, or for each day or part of a day attending the Professional Practice Course I or the Professional Practice Course II by a barrister to whom Section 43 (as substituted by Section 51 of the Act of 1994) of the Act applies

€95

8. On application for entry of a name on the roll of solicitors

€300

9. On the first application to present for a Qualified Lawyer's Transfer Test

€325

10. The subject examination fee for the examinations in Professional Conduct and Solicitors Accounts

€150

11. The subject examination fee for the examination in European Union Law

€155

12. The subject examination fee for the examinations in Constitutional Law and the election of the candidate Company or Criminal Law, Contract & Tort, Land Law & Conveyancing and Probate & Taxation

€205

13. 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, 2001 (

S.I. No. 546 of 2001

)

€105

14. Administration fee for processing an application under the Morgenbesser Regulations

€300

15. Administration fee for other applications to the Education Committee

€65

DATED this 5th day of December 2006.

Signed on behalf of the Law Society of Ireland pursuant to

Section 79

of the

Solicitors Act, 1954

.

PHILIP JOYCE,

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 5

th

day of December 2006.

MR JUSTICE JOSEPH FINNEGAN,

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, 2001 (

S.I. No. 546 of 2001

operative from 1 January 2007.

S.I. No. 616 of 2006

THE SOLICITORS ACTS, 1954 TO 2002 (APPRENTICES' FEES) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 2006

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